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11 Jul 2011, 12:34 pm by Jeff Gamso
Mickens' federal habeas counsel discovered something by chance that Mickens did not know: Mickens' lead counsel in his murder case was representing the murder victim on criminal charges at the time of the victim's death. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 10:07 am
Texas deserves note.Petitioner in Leal Garcia had sought a stay of his impending execution until the Court reached a final decision on his request for review of his habeas corpus bid, which had been rejected by the U.S. [read post]
10 Jul 2011, 6:13 pm by Gideon
Stiles came forward and recanted her statement in 2006, allowing the defendants to open a joint habeas corpus claim of actual innocence, based on new evidence. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 11:55 am by JB
In my last post, I compared the problems facing the Administration to two other constitutional struggles, Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus in 1861 and Truman's seizure of the steel mills in 1952, both involving presidential action in time of war.In fact, in many respects the constitutional analysis of section 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment is similar to the constitutional debate over war powers. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 6:21 am by Nathan Koppel
Leal’s 16-year long appellate battle is so extensive that one Texas federal judge called his case “one of the most procedurally convoluted and complex habeas corpus proceedings” he ever reviewed, Fox News reports. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 12:00 am by Blogger
JESSON - Leagle.com Appellant challenges the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. [read post]
6 Jul 2011, 7:58 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
(Readers may recall I made the same suggestion here.)Balkin thinks a President would still take such action in a true emergency, much like Lincoln acted unilaterally to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. [read post]
6 Jul 2011, 7:50 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Hall, 407 F.3d 1195, 1206 (11th Cir. 2005) (affirming conviction under a deferential federal habeas corpus review standard despite the ethical concerns). [read post]
6 Jul 2011, 4:55 pm by JB
He is "borrowing" power temporarily, so to speak, and this debt must promptly be paid.The most famous example of "borrowing power" is Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus at the beginning of the Civil War, which was retroactively authorized by Congress. [read post]
6 Jul 2011, 12:00 pm by Donna Eng
For any criminal attorneys who have some time on their hands while we wait to see how the Court will rule on the State of Florida’s motion to reconsider, I thought you might like to read the Court’s Order on the petition for writ of habeas corpus. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 8:33 am by Lovechilde
    As Stone reminds us, after 9/11, the Bush Administration sought to hide its more sordid policies from the public, which included "torture, surveillance of private communications, and restrictions on the writ of habeas corpus," in order to "evade the constraints of separation of powers, judicial review, checks and balances and democratic accountability. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 7:17 am by Kent Scheidegger
  All but one are cases where the Ninth wrongly granted habeas corpus to a state prisoner. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 10:11 am by David Kravets
The Texas state and federal courts — hearing Skinner’s habeas corpus pleas — refused to allow post-conviction testing of biological evidence, including blood, hair, fingernail clippings and vaginal swabs. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 8:41 am by Kali Borkoski
Clair Docket: 10-1265 Issue(s): Whether a condemned state prisoner in federal habeas corpus proceedings is entitled to replace his court-appointed counsel with another court-appointed lawyer just because he expresses dissatisfaction and alleges that his counsel was failing to pursue potentially important evidence. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 8:05 am by Kent Scheidegger
  The 11 cases taken up for hearing next term include one criminal prosecution, one capital habeas case, and one civil suit against police officers.In United States v. [read post]