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KATZMANN, Chief Judge, concurring: Mindful of AEDPA’s “intentionally difficult [standard] to meet,” Woods v. Donald, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 1372, 1376, 191 L.Ed.2d 464 (2015) '(internal quotation marks omitted), I concur in full with the Court’s opinion. I write separately to raise a pragmatic suggestion for future prosecutions.

RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 23a0240p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ┐ SAMUEL JOHNSON and JILL JOHNSON, in their │ individual capacities,

On Direct Appeal Justice Himonas, opinion of the Court: INTRODUCTION ¶ 1 This thirty-two-year-old murder case is back before us on appeal for the second time. In 2005, Glenn Howard Griffin was charged with the-1984 murder of Bradley Perry, who was working at a Texaco gas station in Perry, Utah. The State sou

Associate Chief Justice NEHRING, opinion of the Court: ¶ 1 The current case comes before this court both as a direct appeal of Glenn Howard Griffin's conviction for first-degree murder and through motions to remand under rules 23 and 23B of the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure. We deny Mr. Griffin's motion under rule 23. However, we grant his rule 23B motion in part and remand to the

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO COMPEL MARK A. GOLDSMITH, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND A. Procedural Posture Before the Court are two motions to compel discovery filed by Defendants. In the first motion, Defendants seek an order requiring that Plaintiff answer interrogatories and p

This opinion is subject to revision before publication in the Pacific Reporter 2016 UT 33 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF UTAH GLENN HOWARD GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. STATE OF UTAH, Appellee.

ACCEPTED 03-15-00398-CR 7932360 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

*771 DECISION AND ORDER LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge. The government charged defendant Saint Griffin with attempted possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and two counts of possessing firearms as a felon. Defendant filed a motion to suppress, arguing that the police violated his Fourth Amendment rights by unlawfully seizing him.

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE LYNNE SACHS ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) C.A. No. 2018-0530-SEM ) CAREN SACHS individually and ) as attorney-in-fact for DORIS SACHS, ) and STEVEN SACHS, )

*266STRAS, Justice (concurring). I join the court’s opinion, but write separately to address a strange turn in our law on the admissibility of other-bad-acts evidence, which we have also referred to as Spreigl evidence. Minnesota Rule of Evidence 404(b), which generally renders such evidence inadmissible, states that

946 A.2d 668 (2008) COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, ex rel., PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL Tom CORBETT and Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham, Petitioners v. Deborah Shelton GRIFFIN, Respondent. No. 130 EM 2007. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Argued March 5, 2008. Decided May 6, 2008. *671 Barry Noah Kram

15 Cal.Rptr.3d 743 (2004) 93 P.3d 344 33 Cal.4th 536 The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Donald GRIFFIN, Defendant and Appellant. No. S029174. Supreme Court of California. July 19, 2004. *749 Lynne S. Coffin, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Donald

676 F.3d 512 (2012) ACS RECOVERY SERVICES, INC.; FKI Industries, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Larry GRIFFIN; Willie Earl Griffin; Larry Griffin Special Needs Trust; Judith Griffin, Defendants-Appellees. No. 11-40446. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. April 2, 2012. *514 David Alan Belofsky (argued), Belofsky &

ED CARNES, Chief Judge: Florida prisoner Michael Griffin asks us to reconsider the single-judge order denying him a certificate of appealability (COA). He argues that jurists of reason could debate whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(5) and 60(b)(6) permit him to challenge the district court’s judgment denying his § 2254 petition by seeking a retroactive application

333 F.Supp.2d 1275 (2004) Robert GRIFFIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TROY STATE UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants. No. CIV.A. 2:03CV916-A. United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division. August 25, 2004. *1276 *1277 James Victor Doyle, Jr., K. Stephen Jackson PC, Joseph Luther Tucker,

280 Kan. 447 (2005) LATASHA GRIFFIN, A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH EARTHA GREEN, AND THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS, et al., Appellees, v. SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Appellant. No. 89,466. Supreme Court of Kansas. Opinion filed December 9, 2005. James D. Oliver, of Foulston Siefkin LLP, of Overland Park, argued the cause, Wesle

Case: 14-14851 Date Filed: 05/28/2015 Page: 1 of 21 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 14-14851-P ________________________ MICHAEL ALLEN GRIFFIN, Pe

Opinion CALLAHAN, C. J. The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of one count of capital felony in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54b (8) and of two counts of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a.1 In her appeal, the defendant claims that: (1) the trial court improperly permitted the state to “death qualify”

790 So.2d 267 (1999) Louis GRIFFIN v. STATE. CR-97-1026. Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama. December 10, 1999. Opinion on Return to Remand February 4, 2000. Rehearing Denied March 31, 2000. *278 J.T. Simonetti, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant. Bill Pryor, atty. gen.; and Jeremy W. Armstr

129 F.Supp.2d 832 (2001) Patrick J. GRIFFIN, III v. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, et al. No. Civ.A. WMN-00-2837. United States District Court, D. Maryland. January 29, 2001. *833 *834 Steven D. Campen, Law Office, Frederick, MD, Stephen Samuel Burgoon, Greber & Simms, Frederick, MD, Mich