United States Ninth Circuit
Poyson v. Ryan, 10-99005
District court's denial of 28 U.S.C. section 2254 habeas corpus petition brought by prisoner challenging his conviction and capital sentence for murder is affirmed, where the Arizona Supreme Court did not deprive petitioner of his right to individualized sentencing by applying an unconstitutional causal nexus test to potentially mitigating evidence. (Amended opinion)
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/07/2013
- Published 11/07/2013
Judges
- FISHER
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit