United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's writ of habeas corpus is reversed where he received ineffective assistance of counsel at the penalty phase of his capital murder trial.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/22/2005
• Decided 10/17/2005
• Published 10/17/2005

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, and PREGERSON, REINHARDT, O'SCANNLAIN, HAWKINS, THOMAS, McKEOWN, WARDLAW, W. FLETCHER, FISHER, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ken Murray and Leticia Marquez, Federal Public Defender's Office, Phoenix, AZ, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Pressley Todd, Attorney General's Office, Phoenix, AZ, for the respondent-appellee.