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Habeas Corpus
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Bloom Legal Blog
Filing a § 2241 Habeas Petition in the Western District of Louisiana: What Out-of-State Immigration Counsel Needs From Local Counsel
Last reviewed November 2026 A § 2241 petition for a client held in Jena, Winnfield, or Basile moves only as fast as its signature block. Under the Western District of…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
John Holmes: 17 Years on Testimony His Children Took Back
The short answer: John Anthony Holmes was convicted in a Virginia bench trial of five counts of aggravated sexual battery and three counts of child abuse or neglect involving his…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
Melissa Lucio: A Judge Said Innocent. The Court Said No.
The short answer: In February 2007, Melissa Lucio’s two-year-old daughter Mariah died in Harlingen. Lucio said Mariah had fallen down a steep outdoor staircase two days earlier. After hours of…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
Justin Wolfe: 25 Years on the Triggerman’s Word
The short answer: In March 2001, Owen Barber shot and killed Daniel Petrole, a marijuana supplier, in Bristow, Virginia. Barber avoided a capital murder charge by testifying that his friend…
JURIST
US appeals court rules detained immigrants have no constitutional right to release on bond
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that immigrants who enter the US illegally have no right to a bond hearing to challenge their detention. The…
Legal Bites
Doctrine of Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Subsequent Arrest Cannot Legalise Initial Illegal Detention, Rules Allahabad High Court
A police station cannot launder an unlawful detention by later recording a formal arrest and obtaining a remand order. The Allahabad High Court has held that where custody begins in…
EvidenceProf Blog
Charles McCrory is Given Habeas Relief in Alleged Bite Mark Murder
By Colin Miller
A federal district judge has granted habeas relief to Charles McCrory in one of the wildest cases I've ever seen. Back in 1985, Charles McCrory was a 26 year-old tech…
Zalma on Insurance
A Charge of Insurance Fraud is not Grounds for Deportation
By Barry Zalma
Habeas Corpus Petition Granted Post 5483 Over Staying Visa & Charge of Insurance Fraud Still Entitled to Habeas Relief and a Bond Hearing In Hernan Guillermo Palomino-Crespo v. Warden, Glades…
SCC Blog
Free to move, not free to break the law: Delhi HC on Karni Sena President’s habeas corpus case
By Ritu
Delhi High Court: In a habeas corpus petition filed by petitioner, president of Kshatriya Karni Sena/Akhand Karni Party, seeking his production on the assertion that he was being illegally detained…
San Francisco Criminal Lawyer Blog
Partial Habeas Relief Does Not Require Full Resentencing Review
People v. Esquivias (Cal., Aug. 17, 2026, No. S286371) 2026 WL 2386584, at *1–10 Summary: A habeas corpus court has broad equitable authority to craft relief “as the justice of…