Habeas Corpus Law
 
Glenn R. Simmons v. Joe Allbaugh

Petitioner, Glynn R. Simmons, is an Oklahoma state prisoner appearing pro se in this matter. However, at the time the Petition was filed and through the filing of his Objection to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, Petitioner appeared through counsel, Rand Eddy. The Court granted Mr. Eddy leave to withdraw his appearance after the Objection was filed. See Order [Doc. No. 28] (J. Mil

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United States of America v. Cesar David Lopez

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firearm trafficking, making false statements in an attempt to acquire a firearm and make a straw purchaser purchase of a firearm.


The Superseding Indictment in this case charges three (3) Defendants with seven (7) counts involving firearms trafficking, smuggling firearms from the United States, straw purch

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Anthony Bernard Juniper v. Melvin C. Davis, et al.

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented Plaintiff convicted of capital murder.

This habeas case returns to us after a remand for an evidentiary hearing. Petitioner Anthony Juniper argues that the Commonwealth of Virginia's[1] suppression of evidence and knowing presentation of false or misleading testimony were cumulatively material under Brady v. Maryland and Napue v. Ill

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Marcus Mandelle Kelley v. Dewayne Burton

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Marcus Kelley was convicted by a Michigan state court jury of multiple drug offenses related to the trafficking of crack cocaine.

He claimed that he was prejudiced by the withholding of impeachment evidence by the State.

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Jennifer Woods v. Pistro

Tallahassee, Florida civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking a write of habeas corpus.

HABEAS CORPUS IN THE U.S. TODAY

The sources of habeas corpus can be found in the Constitution, statutory law, and case law. The Suspension Clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Clause 2), states: “The Privileges of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended unless

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United States of America v. James Cromitie, Onta Willaims, David Williams, and Laguerre Payen

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit murdeer, use of certain weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and protection of officers and employees of the United. States

James Cromitie, Onta Willaims, David Williams, and Laguerre Payen were all charged with engaging in a conspiracy to commit terrorist act.


In Oct

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Jemaine Monteil Cannon v. Christe Quick

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff convicted of capital murder, sentenced to death, and scheduled to be executed.


Petitioner Jemaine Monteil Cannon, an Oklahoma prisoner presently incarcerated at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP), in McAlester, Oklahoma, is scheduled to be executed by the State of Oklahoma on July 20, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. This matter is bef

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State of Missouri v. James Scott

James Scott, ("Defendant") appeals the trial court's judgment entered upon his conviction by a jury of causing a catastrophe, Section 569.070 RSMo 1986,[1] for which he was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to life imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections. We affirm.

During the flood of 1993, the Mississippi River crested at 32 feet on July 13 at the West Qu

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Kimberly Graham v. Victor Regalado, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Kimberly Elizabeth Graham, age 52, of Broken Arrow sought to be released from state custody claiming that the state violated her Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, under the reinstated judgment and sentence entered against her in Tulsa County District.

The State

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Joseph Clifton Smith v. Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections

Mobile, Alabama federal public defender's claimed that Defendant's Eighth Amendment Rights were violated.

Durk Van Dam was brutally murdered on November 23,
1997. Smith v. Campbell (“Smith III”), 620 F. App’x 734, 736 (11th Cir.
2015). Police found Van Dam’s body in an isolated area near his
pick-up truck in Mobile County. Id. On the same day that police
discov

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United States of America v. Jose Manuel Gutierrez

Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with obstruction of justice.

Jose Manuel Gutierrez, age 48, from Edinburg, Texas, was accused of obstruction of justice. Gutierrez’s criminal history which includes convictions for assault, money laundering and aiding and abetting the entry of illegal aliens.

“This human smuggler tried to get witne

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Crosley Alexander Green v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, and armed robbery.

Crosley Green appeals an order of the circuit court granting in part and
denying in part his motion to vacate his first-degree murder conviction and
sentence of death. He also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The<

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Crosley Alexander Green v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, Attorney General, State of Florida

Tampa, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the State of Florida seeking a writ of habeas corpus setting aside his conviction for murder, armed robbery and kidnapping with bodily injury.


The power of the federal courts to grant a writ of habeas corpus setting aside a state prisoner's conviction on a claim that his conviction was obtained in violat

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Melinda Ruth Hall v. Social Security Administration

Corpus Christi, Texas social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.

DIWC (Disabled Insured Worker’s Claim)
Disability program for adults who have worked enough to have “insured status” under the Social Security System. For disability, a worker must have worked above a minimum amount 5 out of

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Adan DeLeon v. Nueces County, et al.

Corpus Christi, Texas civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that they violated his constitutional rights.

The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available for this case.

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Donald Clark v. State of Iowa


A criminal defendant who successfully overturns his conviction based on ineffective assistance of counsel may bring a legal malpractice action against his former attorney. Can he then use that successful action to stop his former attorney from claiming he did not breach any duties in the subsequent malpractice action? That question turns on application of the doctrine of issue preclusion, whi

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Oakley Engesser v. Robert Dooley


[¶ 1.] The State appeals the circuit court's grant of Oakley B. Engesser's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This is Engesser's second petition for a writ of habeas corpus in state court. A jury convicted Engesser of vehicular homicide and two counts of vehicular battery. He was sentenced to twenty-five years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary. His conviction was affirmed on appeal i

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State of South Dakota v. Oakley Engesser

Sturgis, South Dakota defendant charged with vehicular manslaughter

On July 30, 2000, 41-year-old Oakley Engesser and his 59-year-old friend, Dorothy Finley, were drinking together at the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis, South Dakota, a few days before the annual motorcycle rally there. Finley’s red Corvette was in the parking lot.

No one could recall seeing the couple leave, b

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STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. ALEXANDER L. BEDNAR

¶1 Alexander L. Bednar (Respondent) is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar) and is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma. The Bar initiated this action under Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S.2011, ch.1, app. 1-A, by filing an eleven-count Complaint on December 21, 2017. Respondent did not respond to the Complaint or to the Bar's Motion to Deem Allegati

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Krista Michelle Ramos v. Stellantis North American, et al.

Corpus Christi, Texas personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a product liability theory.

The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties to this product liability case are not available.

Stellantis North America designs, manufactures and sell Chrysler, Jeep and other motor vehicles.

To recover for a products-liability claim alleging a des

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Roland Chretien v. NH State Prison Warden

Concord, New Hamphsire state prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus.

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State of New Hampshire v. Roland Chretien

Brentwood, New Hampshire defendant charged with sexual assault.

In June 2003, a woman claimed that 44-year-old Ronald Chretien, the owner of Blazing Saddles, a Plaistow, New Hampshire motorcycle shop, had choked her and forced her to perform oral sex at the shop.

Chretien claimed that the sex was consensual.

In November, 2004, Chretien went to trial in Rockingham County

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United States of America v. Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with accepting bribes and using it to fraudulently purchase property in the United States reduced to money laundering.





Federal Courthouse - Houston, Texas


Federal Courthou

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Courtney Jerrell Douglas v. Director Dexter Payne

El Dorado, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking a Write of Habeas Corpus.


After a jury trial in Union County, Arkansas, Petitioner Douglas was convicted of first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced as a habitual offender and received a term of life imprisonment for the first-degree murder conviction with a consecutive

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State of Missouri v. Lamar Johnson

This is the first case challenging a conviction based on an investigation by the recently-established Conviction Integrity Unit of the City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office. Following an investigation into Lamar Johnson's 1995 murder conviction, Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner filed a motion for new trial claiming there was newly discovered evidence demonstrating his innocence. The trial c

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