Legal Opinion
Sager v. Maass
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided September 8, 1995No. Nos. CA 95-35300, CV 92-1110-PAPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
PANNER, District Judge.
I granted Donald G. Sager’s petition for habeas relief. Respondent appealed. The Ninth Circuit granted respondent’s motion for a limited remand. On remand, I conclude that there is no need to clarify the opinion.
DISCUSSION
Respondent contends that I used an incorrect “reasonable possibility” test in determining that petitioner was prejudiced by his trial attorney’s mistakes. Sager v. Maass, 907 F.Supp. 1412, 1421 (D.Or.1995) (“there is a reasonable possibility that the ten jurors who voted to convict were improperly swayed by the prejudicial references to…
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