Cases

OPINION OF THE COURT ALITO, Circuit Judge. The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (hereinafter “the Commonwealth”) appeals from a District Court order granting the petition for a writ of habeas corpus that was filed by Ronald Rompilla, a Pennsylvania prisoner who was sentenced to death. The District Court ordered that Rompilla be released unless he is either resentenced to life imp

MCKEIG, Justice. *623In 2013, police responded to a 911 emergency call from a distraught woman who sought help because a man with a gun was in her apartment and she was afraid for the safety of herself and her infant child. When the police arrived, they found the man, later identified as Justin Stephen Ries, asleep on a couch. Police checked Ri

ORDER FERNANDO J. GAITAN, JR., District Judge. I. BACKGROUND On October 14, 1999, Keith Nelson was charged with interstate kidnapping resulting in death and interstate travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a child under the age of twelve. On October 25, 2001, Nelson entered a plea of guilty to count one and proceeded to the penalty phase of the trial. On November 13, 20

The appellant, Vernon Lamar Yancey, was convicted of murdering Mattie Sports during the course of a robbery, an offense defined as capital by § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 10 to 2, recommended that Yancey be sentenced to death. The trial court accepted the jury's recommendation and sentenced Yancey to death by electrocution. Because we are reversing this case on a Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S.

BERREY, Judge. Appellant appeals his conviction of first degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment without parole. Appellant also appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 post conviction motion. We consolidate both appeals herein. The appellant was an escapee from Ford-land Missouri Correctional Center, where he was serving time for burglary. He escaped on June 1, 1984. On July 9, 1984, several guns wer

BEAM, Circuit Judge. Christopher Simmons was convicted in Missouri state court for the first degree murder of Shirley Crook and was sentenced to death. Simmons appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Because we find the state court decisions involve neither an unreasonable application

959 F.Supp. 1066 (1997) Marion Albert PRUETT, Petitioner, v. Larry NORRIS, Director Arkansas Department of Correction, Respondent. Civil No. PB-C-88-195. United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division. March 24, 1997. *1067 *1068 *1069 Ros

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 96-3609 ___________ Stanley D. Lingar, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Michael Bowersox,

SEYMOUR, Chief Judge. Ronald Keith Williamson was convicted in Oklahoma state court of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal, see Williamson v. State, 812 P.2d 384 (Williamson I), order corrected by, 905 P.2d 1135 (Okla.Crim.App.1991), cert. denied, 503 U.S. 973, 112

[J-6-2025] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT TODD, C.J., DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, McCAFFERY, JJ. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : No. 32 EM 2023 : : On King’s Bench petition from the v. : order

MAGILL, Circuit Judge. Samuel Lee McDonald, a death row inmate in Missouri state prison, was convicted and sentenced to death by a jury on February 24, 1982, for the May 16,1981 shooting of an off-duty police officer. After repeated filings for postconviction relief in Missouri state court, McDonald filed his first federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus in 1989. The distri

BLACKMAR, Chief Justice. The defendant was initially charged with two counts of first degree murder in the stabbing deaths of her sons Jeremy, aged 11, and Eric, aged 8. Before trial the state entered a nolle prosequi of Count I, relating to Jeremy, and the trial proceeded on Count II, charging the murder of Eric. The jury found the defendant guilty as charged but was unable to agree on the punishment. The trial judge then p

619 F.Supp.2d 661 (2009) Michael S. WORTHINGTON, Petitioner, v. Don ROPER, Respondent. No. 4:05-CV-1102 CAS. United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Eastern Division. March 27, 2009. *665 Gino F. Battisti, Foley and Mansfield, P.L.L.P., St. Louis, MO, Kent E. Gipson, Kansas City, MO, for Petitioner. Andrew W. Hassell,

BENTON, Judge. The jury convicted Walter Timothy Storey of first-degree murder and other crimes, and assessed the punishment as death. The circuit court imposed the punishment of death, and for the other crimes, life imprisonment, seven years, and five years. The motion court denied Storey’s Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. This Court has jurisdiction of this consolidated appeal. Mo. Const, art. V, § 3.

176 F.3d 453 Stanley D. LINGAR, Appellant,v.Michael BOWERSOX, Appellee,The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; AmericanCivil Liberties Union, of Eastern Missouri, Amicus Curiae. No. 96-3609. United States Court of Appeals,Eighth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 16, 1998.Decided May 11, 1999. Kent E.

967 S.W.2d 596 (1998) STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Allen L. NICKLASSON, Appellant. No. 79163. Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc. February 24, 1998. As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 24, 1998. *602 John Bailey, Mesa, Ariz., Patrick J. Berrigan, Kansas City, for appellant.

BILLINGS, Judge. Defendant Reginald Love Powell, age 18 at the time of his killing Freddie Miller and Lee Miller, was jury-tried and convicted of two counts of first degree murder [£ 565.-020, RSMo 1986 ] for the fatal stabbings of the Miller brothers, following a brutal beating of the victims during the course of a robbery. The jury could not agree on the matter of punishment and the trial judge, finding three stat

779 S.W.2d 636 (1989) STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Hal TAYLOR, Appellant. No. WD 39790. Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. September 19, 1989. Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied October 31, 1989. Application to Transfer Denied December 12, 1989. *638 Tim Wynes, Columbia, f

969 S.W.2d 719 (1998) STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Robert Andrew SHAFER, Appellant. No. 75868. Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc. May 26, 1998. *723 J. Gregory Mermelstein, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, Robert A. Shafer, Mineral Point, for Appellant. Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Theodore A. Bruce, Daniel G

F I L E D United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit PUBLISH APR 10 1997 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSPATRICK FISHER Clerk TENTH CIRCUIT