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FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CHRISTOPHER GRIMES, No. 21-56353 Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-05735- v. MWF-PD BRYAN D. PHILLIPS, Warden High Desert State Prison, OPINION Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RICHARD LOUIS ARNOLD PHILLIPS,  No. 04-99005 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CV-F-92-05167- STEVEN W. ORNOSKI, REC Respondent-Appellee. ORDER  AMENDING OPINION, AND

KLEINFELD, Senior Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part: Phillips murdered Bruce Bartulis at a vacant lot in 1977. He did his best to also murder Bartulis’s companion, Robert Rose. He shot Rose five times with a .45, poured gasoline on him, set him on fire with matches he had borrowed from Rose himself when they had stopped at a gas station (even though Philli

76 S.W.3d 1 (2001) STATE of Tennessee v. Prentiss PHILLIPS. Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson. March 9, 2001. *2 A C Wharton, Jr., Shelby County Public Defender, Garland Ergüden, Assistant Public Defender (on appeal); William L. Johnson, Memphis, Tennessee; and Diane Thackery, Assistant Public Defender (at trial), for appellant,

ANDERSON, Chief Judge: Jose Martinez High, convicted of murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping with bodily injury in the state courts of Georgia and sentenced to death, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons stated below, we affirm. I. FACTUAL &

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 424 OPINION A jury convicted defendant Jake J. Phillips of first degree burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 459, 460, subd. (a) — count one; further undesignated section references are to the Penal Code), two counts of first degree robber

[PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 98-9085 ________________________ D. C. Docket No. 96-00067 CV-1 JOSE MARTINEZ HIGH, Petitioner-Appellant, vers

14 F.Supp.2d 1358 (1998) Jose MARTINEZ HIGH, Petitioner, v. Tony TURPIN, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent. No. CV 196-067. United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Augusta Division. July 24, 1998. *1359 *1360 *1361

SEE, Justice (dissenting). I respectfully dissent. I believe that the defendant, Russell Hudson, is entitled to State-agent immunity as to all claims. In 1994, Russell Hudson was the purchasing foreman in the renovation department of the Mobile County School System. His responsibilities included receiving bids from vendors on, and materials about, prospective and ongoing projects; revie

HUG, Circuit Judge: Petitioner David Murtishaw, a California death row inmate, appeals the district court’s denial, on the merits and after an evidentiary hearing, of his habeas corpus petition challenging: 1) his 1979 conviction for three counts of first degree murder and one count of assault with attempt to commit murder; and 2) his 1983 sentence of death. We conclude that the

181 Ill. App.3d 144 (1989) 536 N.E.2d 1242 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN M. PHILLIPS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 1-86-2711. Illinois Appellate Court — First District (5th Division). Opinion filed March 10, 1989. *145 *146 Steven Clark an

14 F.3d 956 Kermit SMITH, Jr., Petitioner-Appellee,v.Gary DIXON, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina,Respondent-Appellant.Kermit SMITH, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant,v.Gary DIXON, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina,Respondent-Appellee. Nos. 91-4011, 91-4012. United States Court of Appeals,Fourth Circuit. Argued Sept. 28, 1

[Cite as State v. English, 2020-Ohio-4682.] IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT OF OHIO HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO STATE OF OHIO, : APPEAL NO. C-180697 TRIAL NO. B-1804296 Plaintiff-Appellee, : vs. : O P I N I O N. KAHLIA ENGLISH,

[Cite as State v. Southam, 2018-Ohio-5288.] IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT FULTON COUNTY State of Ohio Court of Appeals No. F-18-004 Appellee Trial Court No. 17CR87 v. William I. Southam, Jr. DECISION AND JUDGMENT Appellant

APPEL, Justice. In this case a gay defendant, Stephen Jonas, was charged with first-degree murder in a case with sexual overtones. Among other claims, Jonas asserts the district court improperly failed to strike for cause a potential juror who expressed bias against gay people in a jury questionnaire and in response to questioning in voir dire as required by Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedur

[Cite as State v. Gervin, 2016-Ohio-8399.] IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT MARION COUNTY STATE OF OHIO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, CASE NO. 9-15-52 v. ROBERT GERVIN AKA OPINION GREGORY GERVIN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. Appeal from Marion County Common Pleas Court

[Cite as State v. Powell, 2014-Ohio-2048.] Court of Appeals of Ohio EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION No. 99386 STATE OF OHIO PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE vs.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2017-DR-00696-SCT STEPHEN ELLIOT POWERS v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ON MOTION FOR REHEARING DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/15/2000 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. RICHARD W. McKENZIE COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: FORREST COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER: OFFICE OF CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION

Randy Morquell Brown, Gianpaolo Bottini & Kitrell B. Wilson v. State of Maryland Misc. No. 30, September Term 2018 Criminal Law – Mandatory Minimum Sentences – Criminal Procedure – Plea Agreements – Binding Plea Agreement. Under Maryland Code, Criminal Law Article (“CR”), §5-609.1, a circuit court has discretion to decide whether or not to modify a mandatory minimum sentence previously imposed under a statute that required such a sentence for repeat drug offenders. A circuit court has such dis

STEELE, Chief Justice for the Majority: This appeal addresses whether a defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase of his first-degree murder trial. We previously rejected the defendant’s claims arising from his trial’s guilt phase, but we remanded his penalty phase claims for the postconviction judge to reweigh the aggra*844vating c