Legal Opinion
Fred Berre Douglas v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, of Rswl California State Prison at San Quentin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 24, 2003No. 01-99004PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
Fred Douglas, a California death row inmate, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because we find that Douglas’s counsel was constitutionally ineffective in failing to investigate and present significant mitigating evidence to the jury, we grant relief as to the penalty phase, but deny all his other claims.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1984, Douglas was convicted in California state court of the 1982 murders of two teenage girls, Beth Jones and Peggy Krueger. The case against Douglas was based primarily on the…
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