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8 Oct 2015, 9:22 pm by Lyle Denniston
The retroactivity question in a criminal case that is appealed from a state court, as Montgomery’s is, is basically controlled by the Justices’ 1989 decision in Teague v. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 1:17 pm by Jamie Markham
A divided court of appeals reversed, concluding that the trial judge applied the wrong test to determine whether the sentence violated the Eighth Amendment. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 9:32 am by Eugene Volokh
For Harriet Cleveland of Alabama, for example, the stacking of sanctions meant that, despite sustained efforts to pay, she could never overcome the debt imposed by a court for driving without insurance or a license. [read post]
26 Jun 2017, 6:56 pm by Amy Howe
In its brief opposing review, the state urged the Supreme Court to vacate the lower court’s ruling and send Johnson’s case back so that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals could reconsider it in light of a 2013 Alabama Supreme Court ruling that rejected the criminal court’s interpretation of the state-law rule. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 7:29 pm
"In the present case, the new evidence casts fundamental doubt on the accuracy and reliability of the proceedings to such as extent that it undermines the entire prosecution and it points unerringly to R.D.'s innocence," the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals ruled. [read post]
10 Oct 2007, 6:50 am
Five days later, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted a scheduled execution and granted a 30-day stay for Heliberto Chi. [read post]
2 Oct 2011, 9:34 pm by David Oscar Markus
Some appeals court judges have said that such surveillance put them in mind of George Orwell’s novel “1984. [read post]
15 Sep 2020, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
  The taint that adheres when courts depend on fines, fees, and forfeitures to operate must be removed and the criminalization of poverty must be permanently eliminated. [read post]
9 Jan 2017, 12:40 pm by Amy Howe
Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit (another judge on Trump’s list) has in Senator Jeff Sessions, the Alabama senator whom Trump intends to nominate to serve as attorney general. [read post]
24 May 2017, 10:00 am
As Alabama attorney general, Sessions oversaw the filing of a 222-count criminal indictment against TIECO, a competitor of US Steel, at a time when US Steel and its attorney were contributors to Sessions' Senate campaign. [read post]
7 Oct 2007, 12:35 pm
Again, the Court of Criminal Appeals disagreed. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 1:01 pm by Amy Howe
The Independence Institute then went to the Supreme Court, which has the discretion to choose most of its merits docket but has mandatory jurisdiction over appeals from three-judge district courts like the one at issue in this case. [read post]
23 May 2018, 5:58 am by The Law Office of Philip D. Cave
Attorney General of Alabama, 932 F.2d 1430, 1432 (11th Cir. 1991); and Mason v. [read post]
4 May 2009, 5:53 pm
- Waco attorney Walter Reaves in his Texas Criminal Law Blog Knowledge That Case Went to Appellate Mediation Did Not Require Court's Recusal - Birmingham lawyer Craig N. [read post]
24 Sep 2018, 1:08 pm by Deborah Heller
Madison was convicted and sentenced to death in Alabama and has been on death row for over 30 years. [read post]
30 Jan 2011, 5:35 am by jamison
He wrote about Leroy White, a man on death row in Alabama whose inexperienced lawyer missed a critical deadline for federal court appeal. [read post]