Legal Opinion
George Lopez v. Dora B. Schriro, Arizona Department of Corrections Director Megan Savage, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2007No. 06-99000PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge HAWKINS; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge THOMAS.
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
Appellant George Lopez (“Lopez”) was convicted in Arizona state court of child abuse and felony murder of his one-year-old son and sentenced to death. In this post-Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”) habeas proceeding, he presents one certified issue: whether the state trial court denied Lopez his rights under the Eighth Amendment by failing to consider mitigation evidence presented at trial. He also seeks to expand the certificate of appealability…
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