United States Ninth Circuit

Four statements, made by a participant in the murder of two DEA agents, were both reliable and crucial to prisoner's defense. The trial court's decision to exclude this reliable material evidence of prisoner's innocence constitutes an objectively unreasonable application of clearly established federal law; reversed and remanded.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2000
• Decided 03/04/2004
• Published 03/04/2004

Judges

• D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge., Before:  D.W. NELSON, BRUNETTI and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Dirks, Sacramento, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Valerie A. Baker, Deputy Attorney General, State of California, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondents-appellees.