Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Criminal Law & Procedure : From 10/01/04 To 07/01/05
Number of summaries found: 31
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing |
| Title: | Bell v. Thompson |
| Date: | 06/27/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-514 |
| Summary: | In a death sentence case, following the denial of defendant's petition for certiorari, the Court of Appeals abused its discretion when it withheld its mandate for more than five months without entering a formal order. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus |
| Title: | Mayle v. Felix |
| Date: | 06/23/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-563 |
| Summary: | An amended habeas petition does not relate back when it asserts a new ground for relief supported by facts that differ in both time and type from those set forth in the original proceeding. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure |
| Title: | Halbert v. Michigan |
| Date: | 06/23/05 |
| Case Number: | 03-10198 |
| Summary: | The Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses require the appointment of counsel for defendants, convicted on their pleas, who seek access to first-tier review in the Michigan Court of Appeals. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus |
| Title: | Gonzalez v. Crosby |
| Date: | 06/23/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-6432 |
| Summary: | In habeas proceedings, a motion for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) is not to be treated as a successive habeas petition if it does not assert, or reassert, claims of error in the movant's state conviction. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sentencing |
| Title: | Rompilla v. Beard |
| Date: | 06/20/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-5462 |
| Summary: | Even when a capital defendant and his family members have suggested that no mitigating evidence is available, his lawyer is bound to make reasonable efforts to obtain and review material that counsel knows the prosecution will probably rely on as evidence of aggravation at the trial's sentencing phase. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing |
| Title: | Dodd v. US |
| Date: | 06/20/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-5286 |
| Summary: | Under 28 U.S.C. section 2255, the 1-year limitation period for a federal prisoner to file a motion to vacate his sentence begins to run on the date in which the Supreme Court "initially recognized" the right asserted in an applicant's motion, not the date on which that right was made retroactive. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus |
| Title: | Miller-El v. Dretke |
| Date: | 06/13/05 |
| Case Number: | 03-9659 |
| Summary: | Denial of habeas relief to plaintiff is reversed where prosecutors in his capital murder trial made peremptory strikes of potential jurors based on race. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure |
| Title: | Wilkenson v. Austin |
| Date: | 06/13/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-495 |
| Summary: | The procedures by which Ohio's New Policy classifies prisoners for placement at its Supermax facility provides prisoners with sufficient protection to comply with the Due Process Clause. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus |
| Title: | Bradshaw v. Stumpf |
| Date: | 06/13/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-637 |
| Summary: | The Sixth Circuit erred when it granted defendant habeas relief on the ground that he was uninformed of his aggravated murder charge's specific intent element. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure |
| Title: | Johnson v. California |
| Date: | 06/13/05 |
| Case Number: | 04-6964 |
| Summary: | California's "more likely than not" standard is an inappropriate yardstick by which to measure the sufficiency of a prima facie case of purposeful discrimination in jury selection. |