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12 Aug 2013, 10:16 am by Fabrizio di Piazza
How the public defender sharpens legal arguments and makes cases easier, on both direct appeal and federal habeas. [read post]
4 Aug 2013, 8:12 pm by Mitch Winick
In a three-part initiative, the law school expanded existing mediation programs to reduce the number of cases coming before the court, developed new community clinical workshops to assist pro per and other litigants, and provided student research assistants for habeas corpus petitions and to assist court staff research attorneys and judges. [read post]
30 Jul 2013, 2:10 pm by Stephen Bilkis
Needless to say, much litigation followed in the State of Texas, all at the instance of the enraged father, with the exception of one proceeding in the nature of habeas corpus successfully brought by the mother when the father, after one visit, apparently did not return the children. [read post]
29 Jul 2013, 10:18 am by Legal Talk Network
The Nonhuman Rights Project is planning to file a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a chimp to grant her the right to bodily liberty. [read post]
29 Jul 2013, 6:59 am
It is the failure of first habeas counsel to pursue the petitioner’s trialrelated claims in the first habeas that forms the basis of the petitioner’s ineffective assistance of habeas counsel claim in this case.") [read post]
26 Jul 2013, 9:06 am by Daniel Richardson
  This means that, in filing further appeals, habeas corpus petitions, or other petitions for post-conviction relief, indigent defendants must go it alone and proceed pro se (meaning, in Latin, “for himself”).In drawing this line, courts typically reason that, having had the benefit of counsel through one appeal, all potentially-meritorious legal issues will have been identified and analyzed (both by counsel and an appellate judicial decision), thus limiting the… [read post]
25 Jul 2013, 7:14 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
In Case B, Jones filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his state court conviction. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 11:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
 They mentioned a couple of bills familiar to Grits readers: One expanding access to habeas corpus writs in junk science cases and another requiring warrants for cloud-based email and other digital content. [read post]
20 Jul 2013, 10:25 pm
  Seems her son had been incarcerated for a crime he hadn't committed (sadly, they all say that) and she was working on writing a writ of habeas corpus to gain a rehearing (and his freedom). [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 10:33 am
Your Michigan appellate attorney may appeal sentencing, a conviction, or even an inappropriate decision by filing an appeal with the Michigan Court of Appeals, or taking other action which may include Motion for Ginther Hearing, Motions to Set Aside a Conviction, Motion to Change or Withdraw a Plea, Writs of Habeas Corpus, and more. [read post]
18 Jul 2013, 12:00 am
If the appeal is lost, then a defendant can attack the performance of his lawyers in what are known as collateral attacks, or habeas corpus petitions.But when the government loses, the proceedings end. [read post]
16 Jul 2013, 8:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
With a handful of exceptions, one could make the same case for state-level habeas writs, certainly in Texas. [read post]
15 Jul 2013, 3:36 pm by Jacek Stramski
It then directs the Clerk to provide the Governor written certification notifying the Governor of the conclusion of a defendant’s “direct appeal and initial postconviction proceeding in state court, and habeas corpus proceeding and appeal therefrom in federal court,” or when a defendant has allowed the time permitted for filing a habeas corpus petition to expire. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 2:03 pm by Wells Bennett
The petitioners’ unique circumstances render this case no ordinary challenge to prison regulations: At its heart, this case is about petitioners’ ability to invoke the writ of habeas corpus through access to the Court and access to counsel. [read post]
9 Jul 2013, 3:36 pm
An order sustaining a Writ of Habeas Corpus and discharging the defendant was affirmed by the Appellate Division. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Four Guantanamo Bay detainees-- all of whom have been cleared for release-- filed a motion on Sunday in their long-pending habeas corpus cases seeking to force the U.S. government to end force-feeding of detainees participating in a hunger strike. [read post]