United States Ninth Circuit

In a habeas appeal, because district court failed to grant a hearing to review capital defendant's past mitigating evidence, which could have altered the result of the penalty phase, the denial of such a hearing was reversed, although the conviction was affirmed in all other respects.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/14/2001
• Decided 02/12/2002
• Published 02/12/2002

Judges

• Before:  WARDLAW, PAEZ, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Katherine L. Hart,Law Offices of Katherine Hart, Fresno, CA, for the petitioner-appellant., Charles Trudrung Taylor, Lang, Richert & Patch, Fresno, CA for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey D. Firestone, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the respondents-appellees.