159 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 552 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · browse and sort
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The dissenting judge would have granted the writ, arguing the District Court erred in deferring to state court findings on indigency without an evidentiary hearing.
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411 F.2d 1363·
9th Cir.·
1969-06-04
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The court held that the petitioner's statement was voluntary and not the product of coercion, and therefore his constitutional rights were not violated.
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The court held that the appellant failed to meet the burden of proving the state court's finding of voluntariness was erroneous, under the amended federal habeas corpus statute.
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170 F.2d 348·
9th Cir.·
1948-10-25
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The debt arising from the state court judgment for conversion of buildings is not dischargeable in bankruptcy because it constitutes a willful and malicious injury to property.
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The court held that the petitioner's claims regarding competency, ineffective assistance of counsel, and prosecutorial misconduct lacked merit and were denied.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The state appellate court did not unreasonably apply Faretta v. California when it determined that Curry never clearly and unequivocally invoked her right to self-representation, as Curry's statements were equivocal and she vacillated between requesting self-representation and re
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The court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding that the petitioner's claims were either not cognizable, waived by his guilty plea, or failed to meet the stringent standards for relief under AEDPA.
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The court held that the state court's denial of the petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of the facts.
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Christopher Hanney filed a federal habeas corpus petition challenging his state convictions for attempted murder, arson, and aggravated battery, stemming from an attack on his ex-wife during a contested divorce. The court denied his petition, finding that several ineffective assi
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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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Charles Southern, convicted as a juvenile of second-degree murder at age seventeen, petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief challenging his life sentence, arguing his resentencing counsel provided ineffective assistance and the trial court lacked jurisdiction to resentence hi
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Timothy Hightower, a state prisoner convicted of cocaine trafficking offenses within 1,000 feet of a church, sought federal habeas relief challenging his conviction on grounds that the trial court improperly denied severance of separate charges, that a detective's testimony regar
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The court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding that the state court's rejection of the petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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The court held that the state court's denial of the petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, and thus denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
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Federal habeas relief is denied because the state court's decisions were not contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of the facts.
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Jeffrey Allen Weddington II, incarcerated in the Florida penal system, sought federal habeas corpus relief challenging his 2017 state court conviction for sexual battery, domestic felony battery, and false imprisonment, but the federal district court denied relief on all four gro
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The court held that the state court's denial of the petitioner's claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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The court held that the petitioner's trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to submit a written special jury instruction, as the standard instruction was sufficient and counsel's oral request was considered.
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The court held that the petitioner's claims are denied because they are either procedurally defaulted, not cognizable, or fail to meet the high bar for federal habeas relief under AEDPA.
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Kurt Van Zeeland, an inmate convicted of second-degree murder, sought federal habeas corpus relief arguing that his trial counsel was ineffective for misadvising him about a self-defense claim and for misrepresenting the sentence he would receive if he pleaded guilty. The distric
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The court held that the petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling, making his federal habeas petition timely filed.
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The court held that the state court's denial of the petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel was reasonable and not contrary to federal law.
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The court held that the applicant's claims were meritless and did not warrant federal habeas corpus relief.
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The court held that the habeas corpus application was untimely and the actual innocence claim was not supported by credible evidence, thus denying relief.
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The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that his counsel's performance was deficient or that he suffered prejudice, and that the state court's decisions were not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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The court held that the petitioner's claims were procedurally barred or failed to meet the Strickland standard for ineffective assistance of counsel, and thus federal habeas relief was denied.
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The court held that most of the applicant's claims were procedurally barred due to failure to exhaust state remedies, and the remaining claim lacked merit under AEDPA's deferential standard of review.
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Jacquan Vontel Shootes challenged his Florida conviction for two counts of aggravated assault and carrying a concealed firearm through a federal habeas petition, raising claims of ineffective assistance of counsel regarding jury instructions on self-defense, cross-examination str
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The court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding that the state court's denial of the petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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Terry Lequan Dixon challenged his state conviction for accessory after the fact on federal habeas corpus grounds, asserting that the evidence was insufficient, that the prosecutor improperly commented on his right to remain silent, and that his trial counsel was ineffective for f
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LaMark DeWayne Rowell challenged his Florida conviction for sexual battery on a physically helpless person, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to prove lack of consent and the victim's incapacity, and that his trial and appellate counsel provided ineffective assistance in
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The court held that the petitioner is not entitled to federal habeas corpus relief because his claims were either denied on the merits under AEDPA standards or dismissed as procedurally defaulted and unexhausted.
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Traci Lynne Clark, an inmate convicted of DUI manslaughter in Putnam County, Florida, challenged her conviction through a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that her trial counsel was ineffective, that the trial court erred in denying her motion for ju
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Jean Robert Navuis Sugrin, a Florida prisoner convicted of attempted robbery while masked and in possession of a firearm, filed a federal habeas corpus petition raising claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, and trial court
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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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The court held that the state court's denial of the petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel was not contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law.
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William Gary Hurst, convicted of first-degree murder in the 1982 death of his wife Amy Hurst based on evidence surfaced nearly thirty years later, sought federal habeas corpus relief challenging his conviction on multiple grounds including ineffective assistance of counsel and ju
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The court recommended denying the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding that the state court's decisions were not contrary to federal law and that certain claims were procedurally barred.
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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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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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Henry Coldridge Mills, a Florida inmate serving a twenty-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder and firearms offenses, filed a federal habeas petition challenging his state conviction on six grounds, including claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, evidentiary err
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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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Louis Alexander Wingard, a state prisoner convicted of home invasion robbery and other firearms offenses, filed a federal habeas petition challenging his conviction on nine separate grounds, all of which were either procedurally defaulted or lacked merit under AEDPA's deferential
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Keith Patrick Henry, an inmate serving a twenty-year sentence for attempt to possess cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in controlled substances, petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising eleven grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel and rel