Legal Opinion
Alcala v. Woodford
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 27, 2003No. Nos. 01-99005, 01-99006PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Jeanne Woodford, Warden of California’s San Quentin State Prison (“California”), appeals the district court’s conditional grant of habeas relief to petitioner Rodney J. Alcala. Alcala was sentenced to death following his conviction for first-degree murder. He is currently in prison.
California argues that the district court (1) incorrectly found that Alcala’s trial counsel had been constitutionally ineffective in presenting Alcala’s alibi, (2) improperly found that the state trial court committed constitutional error in excluding the testimony of…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by194 opinions
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