United States Ninth Circuit

Held that an Arizona death row inmate received ineffective assistance of counsel at the penalty phase of his murder case. Remanded with instructions to grant habeas relief against the death penalty, unless within a reasonable time the state retries the penalty phase or decides to modify the sentence to life in prison.

Appellate Information

• Published 2019/04/17

Judges

• Gould

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel