Sentences with phrase «for habeas corpus»

I attach such significance to those motions (they are called «motions» rather than petitions for habeas corpus) that I do them myself and without hardly any assistance from a law clerk.

The Respondents filed applications for habeas corpus with the Superior Court and sought a declaratory judgment based, inter alia, on s. 7 of the Charter.

Mr. Khadr applied for habeas corpus on the basis that the ITOA mandated his placement in a provincial correctional facility.

Angus McCullough QC is acting as special advocate for Abu Qatada in his applications for habeas corpus and bail - Jan 2012

The Schlup actual innocence exception recognized for successive petitions applies to the one - year statute of limitation for filing an original petition for habeas corpus relief.

In Voisey v Canada (Attorney General), 2016 ABQB 316, Justice Crighton of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench rejected an application for habeas corpus and awarded $ 1000 in costs to the respondent.

Khadr applied for habeas corpus on the grounds that the ITOA mandated that transferred prisoners who committed their crimes as youths be allowed to serve their sentences in provincial facilities.

During her third year of law school, Maria participated in the University of Georgia's Appellate Litigation Program, where she helped draft a brief for habeas corpus relief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and participated in oral argument for that matter.

But when it comes to the Guantanamo defendants now filing for habeas corpus in United States courts, the tables are turned, with Department of Justice lawyers struggling against an army of elite law firms and law professors who represent the detainees, according to the Wall Street Journal's editorial page:

Lee was freed on an unsecured bond in August 2014 after a federal judge adopted Carlson's report and recommendation and conditionally granted Lee's petition for habeas corpus relief.

For one, it is the first time in nearly 50 years that the court has ordered a hearing based on a petition for habeas corpus filed directly with the Supreme Court, as opposed to petitions that have come up through the lower courts.

Not exact matches

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping Voted NO on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees.

A writ of habeas corpus - Latin for «you may have the body» - is a legal manoeuvre which requires a court to examine the legality of a detention.

For his critics, these actions, combined particularly with his suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, revealed him to be a lawless and tyrannical ruler, one who had no regard for the constitutional limits of his own powFor his critics, these actions, combined particularly with his suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, revealed him to be a lawless and tyrannical ruler, one who had no regard for the constitutional limits of his own powfor the constitutional limits of his own power.

In the next breath, he suspended habeas corpus for all persons so held under military authority.

He goes on to demonstrate how fundamental safeguards that I was brought up to take for granted - habeas corpus, trial by jury, the presumption of innocence - have been weakened.

Appellate attorneys also defend against Federal habeas corpus petitions; motions for post-judgment relief pursuant to CPL Article 440; as well as petitions for a writ of error coram nobis.

«Britain has a history of respect for principles such as habeas corpus and the presumption of innocence.

For the past decade, he has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati, where he has taught habeas corpus law and a First Amendment seminar.

They jumped into action, cobbling together a filing that included a motion to file a writ of prohibition, a petition to file a successor writ of habeas corpus, and a motion for a stay of execution before the court closed at 5 p.m..

After speaking to Sanders, he petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus.

2) We will review other ways to vacate a conviction under California law, such as habeas corpus and withdrawal for good cause.

Toliver petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to the District Court essentially stating that his constitutional right to confront witnesses was violated.

«The Supreme Court shall have power to issue directions or orders or writs, including writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari, whichever may be appropriate, for the enforcement of any of the rights conferred by this Part.»

In a move described as a pre-emptive strike against the detainee bill passed by Congress last week, the Center for Consitutional Rights yesterday filed habeas corpus petitions on behalf of 25 men being held in Afghanistan.

And Congress quite explicitly has the Constitutional power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, though whether this counts as a «suspension» of the writ is open for debate.

The third is an appeal from an order dismissing a writ of habeas corpus by which a discharge was sought from a later commitment for a similar contempt.

Mr. Voisey's claim met more of the criteria required for a successful habeas corpus application than did Mr. Rain's.

However, it is important to note that Justice Crighton's decision did not only follow the Alberta Rules of Court, but also relied on Alberta precedent for awarding costs against an unsuccessful self - represented habeas corpus applicant.

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Congress conferred on the courts no power to review their determinations save only as it has granted judicial power «to grant writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of the restraint of liberty.»

Application for leave to file a petition for writs of habeas corpus and prohibition in this Court challenging the jurisdiction and legal authority of a military commission which convicted applicant of a violation of the law of war and sentenced him to be hanged.

664, denying an application for writs of habeas corpus and prohibition likewise challenging the jurisdiction and legal authority of the military commission which tried and convicted petitioner.

Interns will have the opportunity to draft bench memoranda, judicial orders, and opinions on a variety of substantive matters, including motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, magistrate judge reports, and habeas corpus petitions.

We have also appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada addressing various prison law issues including the writ of habeas corpus, appropriate sentencing credit for pre-trial custody, the interpretation of legal grounds for pre-trial detention and the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences.

A Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel reversed the district court's decision that had dismissed, as procedurally barred, our client's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Laura talks about their petition for a writ of habeas corpus asking the Wisconsin federal court to review Brendan's interrogation confession, his original legal representation, and the way Wisconsin state courts handled Brendan's case.

Jonathan acted in the important case on the relationship between the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983, J v Foundation Trust and others, the recent test case proceedings concerning the procure for court authorisation of deprivations of liberty, and has acted in a wide variety of mental health and capacity cases, covering issues such as capacity to marry and enter into sexual relations, capacity to litigate, cross-border capacity cases, urgent medical treatment cases, mental health habeas corpus cases, and many other areas.

He has many years of expertise defending all types of criminal charges including DUI and is effective at handling plea negotiations, advanced motion practice, bail hearings, criminal trials, appeals, vacating warrants, post-conviction motions (including habeas corpus and other writs and petitions), regulatory investigations, post-conviction licensing hearings, applying for certificates of relief from civil disability and for good conduct, commutation or expungement proceedings, and mitigating other consequences resulting from a criminal conviction...

He brings a habeas corpus application and seeks damages under s. 24 (1) as a remedy for alleged breaches of his ss.

Also, since a coup generally involves members of the military, whose habeas corpus rights arise only once they have exhausted their avenues for relief under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the writ of habeas corpus wouldn't be a remedy available to them anyway.

These days, since there is now a right to appeal a criminal conviction under state law or federal statute (but not the U.S. Constitution), a writ of habeas corpus is only brought when direct appeals of a conviction have been exhausted, often several years after the original conviction (which makes a writ of habeas corpus only useful for convictions involving long sentences of incarceration).

Some states have replaced the historical writ of habeas corpus with a procedural motion for post-trial relief in the underlying court case.

Not surprisingly, animals have never been considered persons for the purposes of habeas corpus relief, nor have they been explicitly considered as persons or entities capable of asserting rights for the purpose of state or federal law.

A Congressional determination that a particular coup was a rebellion for purposes of suspension of the writ of habeas corpus would probably be a political question beyond court review.

While, in theory, habeas corpus petitions can be brought in any situation where someone is currently incarcerated and the conviction is believed to be wrongful, in practice, almost all successful habeas corpus petitions collaterally attack death penalty sentences, life in prison sentences, and term of years sentences for crimes that are so long that they are functionally life sentences.

For example, the writ of habeas corpus has been sought to seek the release of people held as «enemy combatants» rather than pursuant to a criminal conviction.

Professor Geoffrey Hoffman was among a group of legal scholars who submitted an amici curiae brief in support of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Ragbir v. Sessions.

The Court of Appeal has stated clearly that, where Charter damages are sought for an alleged illegal detention, they are to be sought through standalone Charter applications or by way of an action, and not as part of a habeas corpus application.