United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a petition for habeas corpus challenging a sentence for murder following defendant's extradition to the U.S. from Venezuela is reversed where a state court's decision not to enforce Venezuela's expectation, that upon extradition defendant would not be sentenced to a potential life sentence, was objectively unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/13/2005
• Decided 01/22/2007
• Published 01/22/2007

Judges

• Before:  JEROME FARRIS, D.W. NELSON, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barbara Strickland, San Diego, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Matthew Mulford, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for the appellee.