United States Ninth Circuit

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus from a sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and evading a peace officer is granted pursuant to a claim that the use of one of defendant's convictions as eight separate "strikes" for purposes of California-s Three Strikes Law breached a plea agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/08/2006
• Decided 04/27/2006
• Published 04/27/2006

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge., Before SUSAN P. GRABER, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth M. Stern, Law Offices of Kenneth M. Stern, Woodland Hills, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott C. Taylor, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, California, for the respondent-appellee.