United States Ninth Circuit

Trial counsel's failure to interview and subpoena two alibi witnesses and one exonerating witness amounted to prejudicial ineffective assistance of counsel. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2002
• Decided 09/27/2002
• Published 11/27/2002

Judges

• Before FERGUSON, TASHIMA, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Craig Wilke, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Chung L. Mar, State of California Attorney General's Office, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondents-appellees.