United States Ninth Circuit

Omission of a premeditation charge from a state court attempted murder information combined with its inclusion in the jury instructions is harmless error where defendant had actual notice that he was being charged with premeditated attempted murder.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/04/2000
• Decided 11/07/2000
• Published 11/07/2000

Judges

• CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:, Before:  BROWNING, HALL, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marilee Marshall,Marilee Marshall & Associates, Pasadena, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ellen Birnbaum Kehr, Deputy Attorney General, State of California, Los Angeles, California, for the respondents-appellees.