United States Ninth Circuit

An erroneous "imperfect self-defense" instruction in a murder trial wholly deprived petitioner of that defense by requiring that her fear be reasonable, thus petitioner was denied due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/22/2003
• Published 09/22/2003

Judges

• Before: BEEZER, FERNANDEZ, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles R. Khoury, Jr., Wilton, NH, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Warren P. Robinson, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for the respondent-appellee.