Supreme Court rules on application of AEDPA, effective assistance of counsel
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Harrington v. Richter that the section of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) [28 USC § 2254...
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Wall v. Kholi . The court is considering whether a state court sentence-reduction motion consisting...
Supreme Court rules deadline for habeas appeal may be tolled
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-2 in Holland v. Florida that the statute of limitations for a federal habeas corpus petition can be tolled where a state-appointed...
Supreme Court to decide if leniency plea delays habeas statute of limitations
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in one case. In Wall v. Kholi , the court will decide whether a state court sentence-reduction motion consisting of...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-3 in Renico v. Lett that double jeopardy is not violated by a new trial after a state trial court...
Supreme Court hears double jeopardy, transnational securities fraud cases
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Renico v. Lett , the court heard arguments on whether double jeopardy...
Supreme Court hears arguments on shipment of goods, habeas corpus
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha v. Regal-Beloit Corporation , the court heard arguments on...
Supreme Court's McDaniel ruling will have minimal impact on habeas corpus practice
Kent Russell : "In McDaniel v. Brown, a habeas petitioner unsuccessfully sought to vacate his conviction on the basis of admittedly flawed DNA evidence which grossly overstated the chances that the defendant was the person guilty of...
Supreme Court rejects ineffective assistance of counsel claim in capital case
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 7-2 in Wood v. Allen that a state court reasonably concluded that, during the sentencing phase of a capital case,...
Smith, et al. v. Spisak, US Supreme Court, January 12, 2010 [holding unanimously that the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit contravened the directives of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act by extending Mills v. Maryland to...
