Legal Opinion
Smith v. Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1998No. 97-99006PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ■
FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:
Bernard Smith, a death-row prisoner of the State of Arizona, appeals the district court’s grant of the state’s motion for summary judgment, denial of his motion for summary judgment, and denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
BACKGROUND
Unfortunately for the good citizens of Arizona, Smith went to Yuma in April of 1983, shortly after he was paroled from prison in California. Within a few months, he had committed three armed robberies of convenience stores. Then, on August 21, 1983, shortly before…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by128 opinions
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