Legal Opinion
Clyde Edwin SEIDEL, Petitioner-Appellee, v. W.A. MERKLE, Warden, Respondent-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1998No. 97-15786PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Clyde Edwin Seidel, a California state prisoner, is serving a sentence of sixteen years to life for his second-degree murder conviction. Seidel petitioned the District Court for the Northern'District of California for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On reviewing the record from the state court proceedings in connection with the petition, the district court found that Seidel had stated a cognizable claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and issued an Order to Show Cause why a writ should not issue. The district court then sua sponte ordered…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- William George Bonin v. Arthur Calderon, as Warden of San Quentin State Prison James Rowland, Director of the California Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Keeney v. Tamayo-ReyesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Sheldon Sanders v. John Ratelle, Warden Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Turner v. DuncanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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- Charles Harvey Joseph Franklin v. Dan Johnson, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Ernest Martin v. Betty Mitchell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Charles L. Lorraine v. Ralph Coyle, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
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