Ex parte Michael Dale Iervolino. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS (In re: Michael Dale Iervolino v. State of Alabama) (St. Clair Circuit Court: CC-20-426 Criminal Appeals: CR-21-0283).

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• concluding that Hicks doesn’t support habeas relief because the state supreme court concluded that the ruling hadn’t violated state law
• stating that the Court may deny a petitioner’s motion for a hearing if the record before the Court is sufficient to resolve the claims
• “[I]n habeas corpus proceedings, it is not within [the federal courts’] province to ‘reexamine state-court determinations on state-law questions.’”
• a report of “no evidence of gross brain damage” supported trial counsel’s decision not to present similar evidence

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