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701 F.2d 719·
8th Cir.·
1983-03-07
·cited 58×
The court held that the district court did not err in denying the habeas corpus petition, as the petitioner's claims were either procedurally barred, lacked merit, or failed to demonstrate prejudice or a constitutional violation.
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161 F.3d 1273·
11th Cir.·
1998-12-01
·cited 55×
Gregory Mills was convicted of first-degree felony murder, burglary, and aggravated battery in the 1979 shooting death of James Wright during a burglary. The jury recommended life imprisonment, but the trial judge overrode that recommendation and imposed a death sentence based on
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731 F.2d 450·
7th Cir.·
1984-04-09
·cited 22×
The court held that the petitioner forfeited his due process claims by failing to fairly present them to the state courts, but reversed and remanded the ineffective assistance of counsel claim for further proceedings.
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919 F.2d 505·
8th Cir.·
1990-11-23
·cited 4×
The court affirmed the denial of habeas relief, finding no prejudice from the improper jury instruction or ineffective assistance of counsel.
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853 F.2d 1340·
6th Cir.·
1988-08-10
·cited 4×
The court held that the prosecutor's comments were not manifestly intended to reflect the accused's silence and would not naturally and necessarily be understood as such by the jury.
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997 F.2d 808·
10th Cir.·
1993-07-01
·cited 2×
Federal civil courts should not grant habeas corpus relief if military courts have given the petitioner's claims full and fair consideration.
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966 F.2d 1563·
9th Cir.·
1992-06-12
·cited 2×
The court held that the use of dual juries in a non-capital case does not violate the Constitution unless prejudice is shown, and that Beam's death sentence was unconstitutional due to reliance on a vague aggravating factor and impermissible use of sexual history.
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946 F.2d 1356·
8th Cir.·
1991-10-11
·cited 2×
The court affirmed the denial of the habeas corpus petition, finding no constitutional error in the admission of evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, or prosecutorial misconduct.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-08-26
The court held that the petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were either procedurally barred or failed on the merits, as the state court's decisions were not contrary to federal law and were based on reasonable determinations of fact.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-12-20
The federal court denied a habeas corpus application because the claims were either procedurally defaulted or the state court's denial of the claims did not involve an unreasonable application of federal law.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-05-10
The court held that the petitioner's claims were procedurally defaulted or meritless, and the state court's decisions were not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-03-20
The court held that the petitioner 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, or based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-07-22
The court held that the applicant's amended habeas application was untimely as to one ground and that the state court's denial of the remaining ineffective assistance of counsel claim was not an unreasonable application of federal law or determination of facts.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-04-22
The court held that even if the movant's § 924(c) convictions were based in part on an unconstitutional predicate offense (Hobbs Act conspiracy), the error was harmless because the conspiracy was inextricably intertwined with valid predicate offenses (Hobbs Act robberies) and the
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-01-24
Florida inmate Terry Glenn Loftin challenged his sexual battery convictions through federal habeas corpus, raising claims including inadequate Miranda warnings, Brady violations, ineffective assistance of counsel regarding competency investigations and trial strategy, and discove