United States Ninth Circuit

California Supreme Court's 1996 denial of habeas petition for failure to raise issue on direct appeal was not based upon an independent and adequate state law ground, and cannot bar federal habeas review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/26/2001
• Published 03/26/2001

Judges

• T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  O'SCANNLAIN, FERNANDEZ and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dennis Mark La Crosse, Vacaville, California, appellant pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Chung Mar, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the respondents-appellees.