Legal Opinion

Pedro Rodriquez Bustamante v. Harold J. Cardwell (Frank A. Eyman), Warden, Arizona State Prison

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 13, 1974No. 73-1823PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

Pedro Rodriquez Bustamante appeals from an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He challenges the district court ruling that, although his absence from the courtroom at the time a tape recording of instructions was replayed to the jury constituted error, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We affirm.

Bustamante’s conviction for first-degree murder was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Arizona in 1968. State v. Bustamante, 103 Ariz. 551, 447 P.2d 243 (1968). Subsequently, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court in Arizona,…

3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pedro Rodriquez Bustamante v. Frank A. Eyman, Superintendent, Arizona State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
  2. United States v. Ramon Figueroa-PazCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
  3. Leroy Walker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
  4. Outlaw v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
  5. United States v. Guillermo ArriagadaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971

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4Cited by30 opinions

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  2. People v. HoveyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Donald Alan Miller v. A.A. Stagner and R.L. Pulley, Leroy Freeman v. A.A. Stagner and R.L. PulleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  4. United States v. Floyd Julius Patrin, Sr., United States of America v. Barbara PatrinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  5. James Edward Hegler v. Robert G. Borg, Warden Dan LungrenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995

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