United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking relief from a conviction and death sentence for first degree murder during the course of a kidnapping is reversed in part where the district court erred in concluding that a deficient performance of counsel in the penalty phase did not prejudice petitioner.

Appellate Information

• Argued Array
• Decided 08/11/2006
• Published 08/11/2006

Judges

• WARDLAW, Circuit Judge., Before KIM McLANE WARDLAW, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Bennett Turner, Rogers Joseph O'Donnell & Phillips, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Seth K. Schalit, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the respondent-appellee.