Legal Opinion
Cook v. Schriro
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 20, 2008No. 06-99005PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Daniel Wayne Cook appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. Cook waived counsel and represented himself at trial through sentencing. A jury convicted him of two counts of first-degree murder and the court sentenced him to death under Arizona Revised Statutes §§ 13-503 and 13-703. Cook now claims that his decision to waive counsel was involuntary because his original appointed trial counsel was ineffective; that his co-defendant, John Eugene Matzke’s plea agreement violated Cook’s right to a fair trial; and that the prosecutor improperly commented…
2Cases cited89 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Gilbert B. Martinez v. Eddie Ylst, Superintendent, California Medical Facility SouthCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Wooten v. KirklandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Johnson v. KnowlesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Date v. SchriroDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2008
- Fonseca v. HallDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2008
- Beltran v. DexterDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2008
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