Legal Opinion
John Robert Tapia v. Ernest C. Roe, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1999No. 97-15295PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
John Robert Tapia (“Tapia”), convicted in California state court of premeditated murder and second degree murder and serving a sentence of life without parole, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We are asked to decide whether the giving of an erroneous aiding and abetting instruction, not reviewed for error on direct appeal in state court, is subject to review under the standard of Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 637, 113 S.Ct. 1710, 123 L.Ed.2d 353 (1993), or Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 24, 87…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Thaddaeus Louis Turner v. Arthur Calderon, Warden, San Quentin State Prison Jeanne Woodford, Warden, as Warden of San Quentin State PrisonCourt 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
- Roy v. LampertCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Donald Beardslee v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, of the California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Douglas Ray Stankewitz v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, San Quentin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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