Legal Opinion
Dame v. Goguen
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 18, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-40131-TSHPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
TIMOTHY S. HILLMAN, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
Background
Ronald Dame ("Dame" or "Petitioner") has filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody ("Petition") alleging the following grounds for relief:1
Ground One: Prejudicial pre-Indictment delay during which Petitioner's alibi witness died and subsequent denial of admission of hearsay statement of that alibi witness.
Ground Two: Admission of evidence illegally obtained during a motor vehicle search was not harmless error.
Ground Three: It was error to deny Petitioner to present a third party culprit…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rhines v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Broom v. Commonwealth of MassDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2019