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Garrison v. Burt

District Court, S.D. Iowa

Decided March 1, 2010No. 4:08-cv-474PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

JOHN A. JARVEY, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court pursuant to Howard Paul Garrison’s (“Garrison”) November 19, 2008 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Dkt. No. 1). Garrison challenges convictions in state court for two counts of first-degree murder. In his petition for relief, Garrison claims that the trial information should have been dismissed because the prosecutor intentionally engaged in misconduct that forced a second trial, thereby violating the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Garrison…

2Cases cited105 opinions

  1. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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  3. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. O'Sullivan v. BoerckelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Garrison v. BurtCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011

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