Felker v. Turpin

Holding that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's "restrictions . . . on second habeas petitions are well within the compass of [habeas's] evolutionary process, and . . . do not amount to a 'suspension' of the writ"

In re Robbins

Holding that a habeas claim "that is substantially delayed" will not be considered unless "the petitioner can demonstrate 'good cause' for the delay."

In re Clark

Holding that "absent justification for the failure to present all known claims in a single, timely petition for writ of habeas corpus, successive and/or untimely petitions will be summarily denied"

People v. Duvall

Holding that a petition for writ of habeas corpus must include copies of reasonably available evidence

Murray v. Giarratano

Holding that Pennsylvania v. Finley, 481 U.S. 551, 555-57, 107 S.Ct. 1990, 1993-94, 95 L.Ed.2d 539 applied to death penalty cases

People v. Jennings

Finding trial court not required to give sua sponte instruction on "complete defense" of accident that would negate the intent element necessary for first degree murder convictions where defense hinged on facts particular to the case and the defendant failed to request the instruction

People v. Manriquez

Holding the trial court did not err in failing to instruct on voluntary manslaughter where the testimony at trial "contained no indication that defendant's actions reflected any sign of heat of passion at the time he commenced firing his handgun at the victim."

People v. Giordano

Holding that a surviving spouse may receive lost economic support as restitution despite the fact that such recovery is not specifically enumerated

Cooley v. Superior Court

Adopting the same standard of appellate review of the trial court's probable cause determination

Johnson v. Department of Justice

Holding mandatory sex offender registration for defendants convicted of nonforcible oral copulation by an adult over 21 years with a person under 16 years of age [§ 288a, subd. (b)(2)] does not violate the state or federal equal protection clauses, and overruling the rational basis test set forth in People v. Hofsheier 37 Cal.4th 1185

Section 2255 - Federal custody; remedies on motion attacking sentence

Adopting one-year limitations period for §2255 motions

Section 2241 - Power to grant writ

Granting courts authority to determine whether detention is "in violation of the . . . laws . . . of the United States"

Section 2244 - Finality of determination

Holding that § 2255 incorporates § 2244(b) as part of the certification procedures of § 2244 and instructing that "the district court must dismiss the motion that we have allowed the applicant to file, without reaching the merits of the motion, if the court finds that the movant has not satisfied the requirements for the filing of such a motion."

Rule 22 - Habeas Corpus and Section 2255 Proceedings

Explaining that an application for habeas relief requires that "a circuit justice or a circuit or district judge issue[] a certificate of appealability" before an appeal is taken

Section 28

Granting crime victims the right "[t]o reasonable notice of all public proceedings, including delinquency proceedings, upon request, at which the defendant and the prosecutor are entitled to be present"

Section 10

Granting original jurisdiction to courts in habeas matters

Section 11

Authorizing the taking of such evidence

Section 1

Reserving to the people of California “the powers of initiative and referendum”

Section 11

Limiting state government's power to suspend writ of habeas corpus

Rule 8.385 - Proceedings after the petition is filed