Habeas Corpus Law
 
United States of America v. Luis Pablo Estolano-Velasquez. Adan Jaimes-Gomez, Jose Alvarado-Aguirr, Franklin Geovanny Escobar-Matias, Jose Mauricio, Jose Mauricio

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Convicted murderer among 306 people charged in border security-related cases during second week of September



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State of Florida v. India Comer and Shantearia Gaines

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking writs of habeas corpus.

This case concerns two female juveniles who have been charged as adults and are being held for pretrial detention. India Comer is seventeen years old and charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a firearm, and possession of a firearm by a juvenile delinquent. Shante

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United States of America v. Ephren Taylor, II

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus.

When it comes to federal habeas petitions, finality matters.
Without it, applications for habeas relief can quickly become un-
wieldy. To promote finality, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b) and 2255(h),
pr

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United States of America v. Lazaro Rosendo Vega

Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smuggling illegal aliens

Alamo man guilty of smuggling illegal aliens





A 62-year-ol

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Timothy Fitzgerald Tolliver v. Cameron Harvanek

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking post-conviction relief seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Tolliver pleaded guilty in state court to four felony charges on April 9, 2021. A
few days later, he filed a letter that the state district court construed as a motion to
withdraw the plea (the Motion). On April 20 the state district court

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Robin O'Neill v. Nicholas Deml

Burlington, Vermont Plaintiff pro se without counsel sought a writ of habeas corpus.

Robin O’Neill, who is serving a life sentence for a
double homicide, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for
the District of Vermont (Sessions, J.) dismissing her pro se petition for a writ of
habeas corpus made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court dismi

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Raminder Kaur v. Warden, Maryland Correctional Institution for Women

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

It would be “intolerable” to require a criminal defendant to surrender “one
constitutional right . . . in order to assert another.” Simmons v. United States, 390 U.S. 377,
394 (1968). Yet that is what Raminder Kaur asserts occurred here. After her first criminal
tria

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Henock Kaseba Mutamba v. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Concord, New Hampshire civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

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State of Oklahoma v. D.K.S.

Sapulpa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with:

1. TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS

2. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

3. DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANCELLED/SUSPENDED/REVOKED

4. DEFECTIVE VEHICLE

APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HAVEAS CORPUS AD PROSEQUENDUM 22 o.s. 1151.

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Larry Smith v. Wayne County, Michigan, Robert J. Donaldson

Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

After prosecutors agreed to have his murder conviction thrown
out, Larry Smith sued Wayne County and Robert Donaldson. Smith claims that his conviction
resulted from an elaborate scheme designed by police and prosecutors to elicit false testimony
from jailhouse infor

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Chunming Wang v. Estela Derr, et al.

Honolulu, Hawaii immigration law lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas to release INS detainee.

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State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Lee Hill

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The incident at issue here occurred at a subsidized senior living apartment building in Minneapolis on May 11, 2020. Hill entered the lobby at around noon and asked a building employee, M.K., for a rent application. M.K. recognized Hill, who had visited the apartme

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Ex Aparte Jesus Alfredo Garcia Castillo

Brackettsville, Texas criminal defense lawyer repreented the Defendant charged with arrested and charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass.

To establish a prima facie case of "selective prosecution or selective enforcement, the claimant must prove with 'exceptionally clear evidence' that: 1. The prosecutorial policy had a discriminatory effect; and 2. it was motivated by a discriminato

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Pedro Hernandez v. Donita McIntosh

New York, New York civil rights lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Pedro Hernandez, a New York State (“State”) prisoner convicted of murder and kidnapping, petitioned the United States District for the Southern District of New York (McMahon, J.) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition, Hernandez contended that an i

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Antoine Johnson v. United States of America

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking the vacation of a sentenced pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255, which provides:

(a) A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, or that the c

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United States of America v. Charlie Ruben Ortiz-Lopez, Mauricio Rivera-Medina

Houston, TX criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the country.

Southern District of Texas charges 238 this week alone in relation to border enforcement efforts


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David M. Smith v. Cynthia Davis

Cleveland, Ohio civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeaus corpus.

A jury convicted David Smith in state court of attempted murder and other crimes based on the victim’s identification of Smith as her assailant. We later determined the state violated Smith’s due process rights because the victim’s identification was obtained through unduly suggestive mea

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Gregory Johnson v. Superior Court

Tolland, Connecticut civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed his due process rights were violation.

In this writ of error, the plaintiff inerror, Gregory Johnson (plaintiff), challenges his con-viction of three counts of criminal contempt for conducthe engaged in during his habeas trial. The plaintiff claimsthat the trial court1deprived him of his right to dueprocess und

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Curtis L. Walker v. Dan Cromwell

Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking postconviction relief.

Curtis Walker has served 30 years of his life sentence for a murder that he committed when
he was 17 years old. The state trial judge in Walker’s case exercised the discretion conferred upon him by Wisconsin law
to set Walker’s parole eligibility date for 2071. Walker will notbe

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Michael Williams v. Michael Meisner

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

A Wisconsin jury convicted Michael Williams of reckless homicide and possession of a firearm as
a convicted felon. He appealed his convictions to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, contending that one of the jury instructions unconstitutionally lowered the government’s burden of proo

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Mario Lalama Gomez v. MDC Brooklyn Warden

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

On November 14, 2017, a school in Ecuador notified local authorities after a ten-year-old student reported that her mother’s former partner, Lalama Gomez, had sexually abused her. This abuse began in August 2016, approximately two months after Lalama Gomez began living with the victim

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United States of America v. Isaac Riojas

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substance and unlawful transportation of a firearm.

At approximately 2:00 a.m. on September 10, 2020, Corpus Christi
Police Officers Perez and Alfaro stopped Isaac Riojas after observing him roll
through a stop sign. Riojas was known to the officers from prior
investigations.

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A.A.R.P., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the Untied States, et al.

The President has invoked the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), Rev. Stat. §4067, 50 U. S. C. §21, to remove Venezuelan nationals who are members of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a designated foreign terrorist organization. See Presidential Proclamation No. 10903, 90 Fed. Reg. 13033 (2025). Applicants are two detainees identified as members of TdA and a putative class of similarly situated detainees in the North

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State of Louisiana v. Curtis Lee Kyles

Justice Went To Hell in New Orleans, Louisiana when a jury convicted Curtis Lee Kyles and sentenced him to death.

Petitioner Kyles was convicted of first-degree murder by a Louisiana jury and sentenced to death. Following the affirmance of his conviction and sentence on direct appeal, it was revealed on state collateral review that the State had never disclosed certain evidence favorable

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Mohsen Mahawi v. Donald J. Trump, et al.

Concord, Vermont civil rights lawyers representing Plaintiff challenging arrest and detention.

Mohsen Mahdawi is an undergraduate student at Columbia University. He is also a Lawful Permanent Resident who has lived in the United States for over a decade and is in the process of applying to become a U.S. citizen. When Mahdawi appeared for his naturalization interview in Vermont on April 14

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