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22 Jan 2011, 7:12 pm by Matt Conigliaro
A prisoner filed a mandamus petition with the First District to compel a ruling on a habeas corpus matter in the circuit court. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 8:03 pm by Law Lady
Criminal law -- Habeas corpus -- Counsel -- Ineffectiveness -- Petitioner was not entitled to habeas relief ordered by Court of Appeals, where state-court decision concluding that defendant had not established ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland was not unreasonable application of either part of Strickland rule -- Under 28 U.S.C. section 2254(d), federal habeas relief may not be granted with respect to any claim a state court has adjudicated on the… [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 5:00 am by zshapiro
Yesterday we looked at a Supreme Court case reversing a grant of habeas corpus by the Ninth Circuit. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 3:52 pm by Tung Yin
S. 668, 694 (1984), a petitioner for federal habeas corpus relief must demonstrate “areasonable  probability that, but  for counsel’s errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted ongoing to trial,” Hill  v. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 12:58 pm by Michael O'Hear
 Given state exhaustion requirements, a case is not likely to reach federal habeas until years after a conviction, and there is no habeas jurisdiction then unless the defendant is still in custody. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 10:35 am by John Elwood
Washington, the Court held that the Ninth Circuit erroneously granted habeas relief in this case. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 9:57 am by Christa Culver
CookeDocket: 10-333Issue(s): Whether a federal court may grant habeas corpus relief to a state prisoner based on its view that the state court erred in applying the state-law standard of evidentiary sufficiency governing state parole decisions.Certiorari stage documents:Opinion below (9th Circuit)Petition for certiorariBrief in oppositionPetitioners' reply Title: Sheets v. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 7:21 am
On the joint stipulation of the petitioner and the respondent, the commissioner of correction (state), the habeas court reserved the questions: (1) whether Salamon and Sanseverino apply retroactively in habeas corpus proceedings; and (2) whether those cases apply in the petitioner’s case in particular. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 6:34 am by Amanda Rice
  Although most coverage of the two cases focused on the Court’s treatment of the Ninth Circuit, Kent Scheidegger of Crime & Consequences looks at the broader picture, describing Harrington as “a landmark decision in the law of federal habeas corpus. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 6:34 am by Amanda Rice
  Although most coverage of the two cases focused on the Court’s treatment of the Ninth Circuit, Kent Scheidegger of Crime & Consequences looks at the broader picture, describing Harrington as “a landmark decision in the law of federal habeas corpus. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 6:30 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
In a rare decision that grants a prisoner's habeas corpus motion on the ground that the state court conviction violated the U.S. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 5:00 am by zshapiro
Richterin which the Supreme Court reversed another grant of habeas corpus by the Ninth Circuit. ? [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 1:35 pm by Jason Mazzone
In both cases, the Court reversed 8-0 (with Justice Kagan recused) the Ninth Circuit's grant of a writ of habeas corpus. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 10:32 am by John Elwood
That judicial disregard is inherent in the opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit here under review.Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion in today’s other habeas case, Premo v. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 9:38 am by Kent Scheidegger
Richter, No. 09-587, decided 7-1-0 today by the US Supreme Court, is a landmark decision in the law of federal habeas corpus. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 10:06 am by John Elwood
Cooke (relisted after  12/10, 1/7, and 1/14 Conferences) Docket: 10-333 Issue(s): Whether a federal court may grant habeas corpus relief to a state prisoner based on its view that the state court erred in applying the state-law standard of evidentiary sufficiency governing state parole decisions. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 8:02 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
You have a one-year deadline to file a habeas corpus petition. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 7:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
That's a slim reed on which to send someone to prison as a child molester.Which is apparently why a state district judge signed off on Hall's habeas corpus writ, which now heads to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. [read post]