Where a defendant, whose probation was revoked, challenged the judgment overruling her motion for post-conviction relief from sentences imposed in 2017 for felony stealing, the defendant was on probation and had not been sentenced at the time the court decided ...

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Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Motion-Premature-Finality of Judgment

May 6, 2020 Leave a comment

Where a defendant challenged the judgment overruling his motion for post-conviction relief, the trial court failed to comply with the mandate of the court in the direct appeal from his judgment of conviction, so there was no final judgment in ...

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Criminal Law: Death Penalty Case-Habeas Relief-Actual Innocence

May 6, 2020 Leave a comment

Where a defendant scheduled for execution sought a writ of habeas corpus arguing that he was actually innocent and incompetent to be executed, the defendant failed to offer sufficient evidence to show actual innocence by a preponderance of the evidence ...

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