United States Ninth Circuit

In a death row inmate's habeas corpus case, the district court's denial of relief is vacated and reversed in part where the Arizona Supreme Court failed to properly review all aggravating and mitigating evidence required after finding one of the aggravating factors used in sentencing to be invalid.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/20/2008
• Decided 10/23/2008
• Published 10/23/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, JEROME FARRIS and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cary Sandman of Waterfall Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw & Villamana, Amy Beth Krauss, Tucson, AZ, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Terry Goddard, Attorney General, and Jeffrey A. Zick, Kent Cattani and J.D. Nielsen, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, for the respondent-appellee.