United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's due process right to present a complete defense was not violated when the trial court incorrectly instructed the jury that the evidence of Battered Women's Syndrome could not be considered for the reasonableness of her belief in the need for self-defense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2005
• Published 03/29/2005

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.