Legal Opinion
Silverbrand v. Roe
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2004No. 03-15616PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
This is an appeal from the denial of Peter Silverbrand’s petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, so we recount it only as necessary to explain our decision. A California Superior Court convicted Silverbrand of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Silverbrand ultimately filed the instant petition in federal district court. The district court correctly denied habeas relief and we affirm its decision.
We review the district court’s denial of Silverbrand’s petition de novo. Bartlett v.…
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