Legal Opinion
Michael Eugene Colley v. George Sumner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1986No. 85-1588PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*986SNEED, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of Michael Colley’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Colley is presently incarcerated in the Nevada State Prison, where he is serving a twenty-year term of imprisonment and a consecutive life term with the possibility of parole. The district court entered a final judgment on December 24, 1984, and this court has jurisdiction over the appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.
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BACKGROUND
We are not the first court to confront events of the night of March 25, 1979, in which appellant was involved. On that night,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Iannelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by37 opinions
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