United States Ninth Circuit

A defendant's reliance on his counsel to file a direct appeal is sufficient cause to excuse the defendant's procedural default in failing to file a timely post-conviction relief petition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/11/2000
• Decided 11/03/2000
• Published 11/03/2000

Judges

• DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  THOMPSON, T.G. NELSON, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Danice A. Johnson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rene L. Hulse, Deputy Attorney General, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the respondent-appellee.