Cases

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ED CARNES, Chief Judge: Robert Earl Butts, Jr., a Georgia prisoner, murdered Donovan Corey Parks. Butts was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of malice murder, armed robbery, hijacking a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a sawed-off shotgun. The district court denied his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ

231 F.3d 265 (6th Cir. 2000) Eugene Williams Gall, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant,v.Phil Parker, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. Nos. 91-5502; 94-6376 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Argued: November 3, 1999Decided and Filed: October 30, 2000 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Ea

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 20–1568 Submitted October 8, 2021—Filed April 22, 2022 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. BRENT ALAN HAUGE, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Plymouth County, Daniel P. Vakulskas, District Associate Judge. The defendant challenges his conviction for possession of methamphetamine, second offense, in violation of Iowa Code sec

ACCEPTED 03-14-00197-CV 4929353 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 19-1285 Submitted January 20, 2021—Filed June 25, 2021 Amended September 8, 2021 KENNETH DOSS, Appellant, VS. STATE OF IOWA, Appellee. On review from the Iowa Court of Appeals. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Warren County, Richard B. Clogg, Judge. Applicant for postconviction relief seeks further review of the court of appeals’ affirmance of the denial of his application for postconviction relief. DECISION OF COURT OF APPEALS AND DISTRICT COURT

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 19-1285 Submitted January 20, 2021—Filed June 25, 2021 KENNETH DOSS, Appellant, VS. STATE OF IOWA, Appellee. On review from the Iowa Court of Appeals. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Warren County, Richard B. Clogg, Judge. Applicant for postconviction relief seeks further review of the court of appeals’ affirmance of the denial of his application for postconviction relief. DECISION OF COURT OF APPEALS AND DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT AFFIRMED. Man

977 F.2d 996 Gary KNOP, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants,v.Perry M. JOHNSON, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.Everett HADIX, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.Perry M. JOHNSON, Individually and as Director of theMichigan Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 88-1563, 88-1634 and 88-1879. United States Court of Appeals,Sixth Circuit

ACCEPTED 03-15-00528-CV 7458584 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 08–0412 Filed December 17, 2010 STATE OF IOWA, Appellant, vs. JAMES MAXIMILIANO OCHOA, Appellee. On review from the Iowa Court of Appeals. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Christine Dalton Ploof, District Associate Judge. State appeals district court order suppressing evidence obtained during a warrantless, suspicionless search

952 P.2d 116 (1998) In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Gary BENN, Petitioner. No. 61080-1. Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc. Considered June 5, 1997. Decided March 5, 1998. As Amended April 29, 1998. *122 David Zuckerman, Suzanne Lee Elliott, Seattle, for Petitioner. John W. Ladenburg,

517 U.S. 44 (1996) SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA v. FLORIDA et al. No. 94-12. United States Supreme Court. Argued October 11, 1995. Decided March 27, 1996. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT *45 *46 Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion of

Guy, J. Defendant Gary Benn has been convicted of two counts of aggravated first degree murder and sentenced to death. We earlier affirmed those convictions and sentence. State v. Benn, 120 Wn.2d 631, 845 P.2d 289 (1993). In this personal restraint petition, the defendant renews some of the issues rejected on direct appeal and raises several new issues. After this court considered the personal restraint petition, the def

WALLER, Justice: Malik Abdul Al-Shabazz (petitioner) filed a post-conviction relief (PCR) application in September 1995. A circuit judge summarily dismissed the application without an evidentiary hearing. Petitioner appealed. After issuing our original opinion in which we vacated and remanded this matter for further proceedings, Al-Shabazz v. State, Op. No. 24995 (S.C.Sup.Ct. filed August 23, 1999) (Shearouse Adv.Sh.

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ROBERT DOUGLAS SMITH, Nos. 96-99025 Petitioner-Appellant, 96-99026 10-99011 v. D.C. No. DORA B. SCHRIRO, Warden, CV-87-00234-RMB Arizona, Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee. OPINION Appeal from the United States Distri

FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit March 30, 2018 PUBLISH Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION Leonie M, Brinkema, United States District Judge Plaintiff Kalvin Donnell Coward (“Coward” or “plaintiff’), an inmate of the Virginia Department of Corrections, alleges *550that the defendants, A; David Robinson, Chief of Corrections Operations, and Harold W. Clarke, Director, in their capacities as employees of the Department (t

679 F.3d 1196 (2012) James L. DeROSA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randall G. WORKMAN, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee. No. 10-7084. United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. May 25, 2012. *1200 Thomas D. Hird (Patti Palmer Ghezzi, with him on the briefs), Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Oklahoma Cit

ZARELLA, J., dissenting. "I would think it a violation of my oath to adhere to what I consider a plainly unjustified intrusion [on] the democratic process in order that the [c]ourt might save face. With some reservation concerning decisions that have become so embedded in our system of government that return is no longer possible ... I agree with [United States Supreme Court] Justice [William O.] Douglas: 'A judge lookin

USCA4 Appeal: 21-1714 Doc: 56 Filed: 06/14/2022 Pg: 1 of 37 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 21-1714 WILLIAM THORPE; FREDERICK HAMMER; DMITRY KHAVKIN; GERALD MCNABB; GARY WALL; VERNON BROOKS; BRIAN CAVITT; DEREK CORNELISON; CHRI