United States Ninth Circuit

Arizona Revised Statutes 13-4041 and 13-4013, and Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 6.8, which provide a mechanism for appointing counsel in capital habeas cases, qualifies as an opt-in to Chapter 154 of the AEDPA. (Amended opinion).

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/13/2001
• Decided 09/24/2001
• Published 03/20/2002

Judges

• Before HILL,GRABER, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julie S. Hall, Tucson, AZ, for amici curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Monica Beerling Klapper, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for the respondent-appellant., Sylvia J. Lett and Dale A. Baich, Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Phoenix, AZ, for the petitioner-appellee.