712 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 59 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · see the citation graph · browse and sort
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830 F. Supp. 1426·
M.D. Fla.·
1993-08-23
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The Capital Collateral Representative (CCR) lacks standing to file a habeas corpus petition on behalf of an inmate who has knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to collateral counsel and further proceedings.
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990 F.2d 750·
3d Cir.·
1993-03-31
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The court held that a fourteen and one-half month delay in bringing Hakeem to trial does not automatically establish prejudice for a speedy trial violation, and remanded for an evidentiary hearing on the cause of the delay.
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979 F.2d 1273·
7th Cir.·
1992-11-19
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The court held that a petitioner must demonstrate actual innocence of the crime for which they are being sentenced as an habitual offender to overcome procedural default under the miscarriage of justice exception.
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983 F.2d 818·
8th Cir.·
1992-07-09
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The admission of two videotaped statements from a child victim, one under a medical diagnosis exception and the other under a special child hearsay exception, violated the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation because the statements lacked sufficient indicia of relia
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939 F.2d 1369·
9th Cir.·
1991-07-30
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The dissent argues that the defendant's stipulation to facts mirroring the indictment constituted a de facto guilty plea, requiring the protections of Boykin v. Alabama, which were not afforded.
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711 F. Supp. 586·
M.D. Fla.·
1989-04-14
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The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding no constitutional violations regarding jury intimidation, discriminatory peremptory challenges, denial of continuances, execution of an eighteen-year-old, transcript errors, or the Hitchcock claim.
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651 F. Supp. 38·
S.D. Fla.·
1986-07-02
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The court denied the application for a stay of execution and the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding that the petitioner failed to meet the burden of showing that his claims were not fully and fairly litigated in state court.
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384 F.2d 920·
9th Cir.·
1967-11-03
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The court affirmed the grant of habeas corpus, finding the district court's determination that the appellee did not consent to the search was not clearly erroneous.
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M.D. Fla.·
2026-01-12
The Court held that the petitioner's claims for ineffective assistance of counsel and double jeopardy were successive and dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, and the due process claim based on destroyed evidence was untimely.
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N.D. Fla.·
2026-01-05
The court held that the petitioner is not entitled to federal habeas relief because his claims are either unexhausted, procedurally defaulted, or the state court reasonably applied federal law.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-12-17
The court held that Grounds One through Three are procedurally barred due to failure to exhaust state remedies and failure to "federalize" the claims. Ground Four, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel, was not granted as the applicant failed to show the state court's decisi
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-12-01
The court held that the state court's denial of habeas relief was not contrary to federal law or an unreasonable determination of facts, and thus denied the petition.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-16
The court held that the petitioner failed to establish ineffective assistance of counsel or prosecutorial misconduct, and thus his petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-16
The court held that the petitioner's claims were waived by his guilty plea and, alternatively, that the claims lacked merit and were procedurally barred. A certificate of appealability was denied.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-16
The court held that the petitioner's claims for federal habeas relief were denied because the alleged trial error was harmless, the second claim was procedurally defaulted, and the remaining claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were meritless.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-09
Earon Tyler, convicted of murder and attempted robbery in 1995, sought federal habeas relief on thirteen claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, most of which were not exhausted in state court. The court found that Tyler failed to establish the requisite Strickland pre
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-03
The court held that the state court's denial of the habeas petition was reasonable, as the applicant failed to demonstrate ineffective assistance of counsel or prejudice under AEDPA standards.
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The court denied the habeas petition because the claims were unexhausted, procedurally defaulted, or failed on the merits.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-26
The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding no merit in the petitioner's claims regarding hearsay, sentencing, ineffective assistance of counsel, judicial bias, or opening the door to harmful testimony.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-26
George Shrader challenged his 1986 conviction for the murder and sexual battery of Sharon Moss based on DNA evidence obtained 25 years after the crime, raising claims of jury contamination, insufficient evidence, ineffective counsel, and prosecutorial misconduct. The federal cour
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-20
The petition is denied because it is insufficiently pleaded and fails on the merits, and a certificate of appealability will not issue.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-07-09
The court held that the applicant failed to show that the state court's denial of his ineffective assistance of counsel claims was objectively unreasonable.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-06-02
The court held that the petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were meritless, as the state courts reasonably applied federal law and the facts. The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-04-29
Martin Mahon, an Irish national with a violent history with his former girlfriend Gillian Johnston, challenged his conviction for attempted second-degree murder on grounds that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to confusing and erroneous jury instructions on
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-04-17
John Dickie pleaded no contest to thirty counts of possessing child pornography and sought federal habeas corpus relief challenging his thirty-three-year sentence by asserting ineffective assistance of trial counsel and prosecutorial misconduct. The court denied all claims, findi
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The court held that the petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were denied because the state court's decisions were not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, and the petitioner failed to demonstrate prejudice.
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The Court denies the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding that one ground is procedurally barred and the others fail on the merits under AEDPA's deferential standard of review.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-03-10
The court held that the applicant failed to show that the state court's denial of his ineffective assistance of counsel claims was contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-02-26
Reinier Fundora-Martinez, an inmate convicted in Duval County state court of motor vehicle fraud and organized fraud offenses, sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising five grounds including claims of deficient performance by his trial counsel regarding failur
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-02-21
The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the state court's ruling on his ineffective assistance of counsel claims was contrary to federal law or based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-02-11
Grounds Three and Four are procedurally barred from federal review because the petitioner failed to fairly present the federal nature of these claims to the state courts. Grounds One and Two are subject to review on the merits.
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-02-03
Damion Anthony Delapena sought federal habeas relief through a § 2254 petition challenging his convictions for multiple robberies and assault, arguing that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by advising him that a motion to suppress would be meritless, that downwar
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-01-09
The court held that defects in state collateral proceedings are not cognizable for federal habeas relief, a plea agreement including a waived minimum mandatory sentence is permissible under Florida law, and a claim not raised in state court is procedurally barred unless specific
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-01-08
Federal habeas relief is denied because the state court's rejection of the ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to federal law and not based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-11-25
Julio Villanueva-Vasquez petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his Florida state convictions for attempted second-degree murder, aggravated stalking, burglary with assault, domestic violence injunction violation, and criminal mischief ari
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N.D. Fla.·
2024-10-25
The court held that the petitioner is not entitled to federal habeas corpus relief because the state court's decision regarding the Bruton violation was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, and the ineffective assistance of counsel claim also fails under
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N.D. Fla.·
2024-09-30
The court held that certain claims were procedurally defaulted and unexhausted, and that the remaining claims did not meet the standard for federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d).
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-17
The court held that the petitioner received all the due process he was entitled to under Wolff v. McDonnell, and the state court's decision was not contrary to federal law or based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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A federal habeas court denied Greg Crawford's petition challenging his Florida conviction for lewd or lascivious battery on a 15-year-old girl, holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for advising him not to testify, failing to call certain witnesses, or forgoing certain c
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N.D. Fla.·
2024-09-16
The court held that the petitioner's arguments did not meet the high standard required for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and that the arguments were frivolous.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-11
The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding that the state court's denial of the ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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N.D. Fla.·
2024-09-05
Curtis Wedo Poole petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief, challenging his state conviction on six counts including resisting an officer, battery, and drug possession, arguing his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to file motions to suppress and investi
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-06-13
Jabbaar Mujaahid Abdul challenged his Florida conviction and sentence through federal habeas corpus, raising four grounds including claims of prosecutorial Brady violations, ineffective assistance of counsel, structural defects, and an alleged conflict of interest with his public
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Gregory Kennon, a Florida inmate, challenged his 2009 conviction for two counts of first-degree murder and armed burglary through a federal habeas petition alleging eight instances of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, including failures to investigate witnesses, call an al
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-04-09
Cory Barrant Sivik sought federal habeas relief challenging his state conviction for lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under twelve, arguing that statements he made during a police-orchestrated controlled telephone call violated his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights. The d
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-03-25
The court held that the Florida Supreme Court's determination that the conditional-release program is constitutional was reasonable, and therefore, the Third DCA's denial of the petitioner's state-court habeas petition was also reasonable.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-03-21
Joshua Hearns sought federal habeas corpus relief challenging his conviction for conspiracy to traffic oxycodone, for which he received a 25-year sentence. The court denied his petition, finding most of his claims procedurally barred because he failed to exhaust state remedies an
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-03-12
Joshua Brian Nibbelink, a Florida inmate, filed a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his 2015 state court conviction for first-degree felony murder, kidnapping, and robbery. The district court reviewed the petition applying the deferential AEDPA sta
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-03-11
The court held that appellate counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise claims that the charging information was defective or that the guilty plea was invalid, as these claims lacked merit under established law.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-03-07
Robert Mueller, convicted of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery, and discharging a firearm in public, sought federal habeas relief challenging his forty-year prison sentence. The court denied his petition, finding that several claims were procedurally barred becau