Legal Opinion
Michael Wayne Jennings v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 10, 2002No. 00-99008PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
In February 1984, a jury in Contra Cos-ta County, California, convicted Michael Wayne Jennings of first degree murder, forcible rape, first degree burglary, and robbery. After finding that Mr. Jennings had intentionally committed the murder during the commission of the rape, burglary, and robbery — a special circumstance permitting capital punishment — the jury voted to impose the death penalty. Mr. Jennings appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He seeks reversal of both his sentence and his conviction.
Mr.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by146 opinions
- In Re DavisWashington Supreme Court · 2004
- In re the Personal Restraint of DavisWashington Supreme Court · 2004
- Pirtle v. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Stanley Williams v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, California State Prison, San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Dwayne Woods v. Stephen SinclairCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
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