United States Ninth Circuit

Habeas writ is granted to vacate prisoner's first-degree murder conviction because he suffered substantial prejudice as a result of evidence admitted against him in patent violation of Miranda v. Arizona.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2003
• Decided 03/26/2004
• Published 03/26/2004

Judges

• Before BRIGHT,O'SCANNLAIN, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Laurack D. Bray, Ventura, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth C. Byrne, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Scott A. Taryle, Deputy Attorney General, and Michelle J. Pirozzi, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellees.