Legal Opinion
Diamen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 18, 2010No. 09-5177PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Salvatore Infantolino a/k/a Michael A. Diamen served twenty years in prison on a 1976 murder conviction. Diamen and two codefendants — Joseph Wayne Eastridge and Joseph N. Sousa — sought habeas corpus relief in the district court on the ground they had been wrongly convicted. The district court issued a writ for Eastridge and Sousa but not for Diamen who had died while the action was pending. Diamen’s estate (Estate), along with Eastridge and Sousa, then moved for a “certificate of innocence” in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- John A. Betts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Rigsbee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- United States v. Hall, DennisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
- Eastridge v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2005
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