Commonwealth v. Westfall, C.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• confirming that “custody” is determined as of the time of the filing of the petition
• finding lifetime registration and reporting requirements for sex offenders did not place petitioner “in custody” for habeas purposes because the restrictions on freedom of movement were not severe enough
• “The ‘in custody’ requirement of § 2254(a) is jurisdictional, so we must address it first and before any merits-related matters like the applicable statute of limitations.”
• “As an appellate court, we do not sit as a collective trier of fact.”
• “The ‘in custody’ requirement of § 2254(a) is jurisdictional. . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).