Legal Opinion
Warren Robert Standen v. Harol Whitley
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1993No. 91-16422PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOONAN, Circuit Judge:
Convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, Warren Robert Standen seeks a writ of habeas corpus. At his trial his original plea of guilty, which he had lawfully withdrawn, was introduced by the prosecution, and the jury was instructed by the court that the plea could be considered as evidence against Standen. We hold that this instruction deprived Standen of due process of law and had a substantial and injurious effect in determining the verdict of the jury. We therefore order that the writ issue.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
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