United States Ninth Circuit
Williams v. Cavazos, 07-56127
In a petition for habeas relief from the sentencing of petitioner to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, judgment of the district court denying petition is reversed where trial court's intrusion into jury deliberations and the subsequent dismissal of a hold out juror violated petitioner’s Sixth Amendment rights.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/23/2011
- Published 05/23/2011
Judges
- REINHARDT
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Kurt David Hermansen, Stephanie C. Brenan