Legal Opinion
Hayes v. Ayers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 7, 2011No. 07-99014PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:
Royal Kenneth Hayes was convicted and sentenced to death by a California state court for the 1981 murders of Lauren de Laet and Donald MaeVicar. On appeal from the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition, he presents eight claims of error, all related to the guilt phase of his trial. The claims concern (1) the trial court’s denial of his motion for change of venue based on alleged adverse pretrial publicity; (2) the admission of hearsay evidence regarding a firearms conviction of the man who allegedly delivered the murder weapon to Hayes; (3) the…
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