United States Ninth Circuit
Stoltie v. Tilton, 07-56079
The circuit court affirms the district court's decision, and adopts its opinion in Stoltie v. California, 501 F. Supp.2d 1252 (C.D. Cal. 2007), except for one section as to which it expresses no view, where: 1) the state appellate court misunderstood the confused and confusing explanation of reasonable doubt provided to the jury by the trial judge; and 2) this error led it to apply clearly established Supreme Court law regarding reasonable doubt in an unreasonable manner.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/19/2008
- Published 08/19/2008
Judges
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit