Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Francis Hernandez v. Kevin Chappell
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 29, 2017No. 11-99013Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partNguyen, Circuit Judge
In January 1981, Francis Hernandez brutally raped, sodomized, strangled to death, and mutilated Edna Bristol, throwing her naked body out of his van near a middle school in Long Beach, California. Five days later, and in a strikingly similar manner, Hernandez raped and killed Kathy Ryan, throwing her naked body on the lawn of a high school in the same city. After his arrest, Hernandez gave a comprehensive, graphic, and disturbing confession, walking the police through the details of his gruesome criihes and, importantly, his thoughts, anger, and awareness of his actions as he committed them.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Michael Wayne Jennings v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden of the California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Crittenden v. AyersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
- David L. Murtishaw v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden of the California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- People v. HernandezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
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