Legal Opinion
Lambright v. Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 4, 2000No. Nos. 96-99020, 96-99025 and 96-99026PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge FERGUSON; Partial Concurrence by Judge THOMPSON.
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Joe Leonard Lambright (“Lambright”) and Robert Douglas Smith (“Smith”) appeal the district court’s denial of their habeas corpus petitions seeking relief from their state convictions and death sentences.1 The petitioners both filed notices of appeal and sought a certificate of appealability from the district court after the effective date of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”). The district court denied them a certificate of probable cause (“CPC”) and, in the alternative, a…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by119 opinions
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- Clarence Ray Allen v. Steven W. Ornoski, Warden, of the California State Prison at San Quentin Attorney General of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- William Lee Shackleford v. Susan Hubbard, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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