Legal Opinion
Dung the Pham v. C.A. Terhune
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2005No. 03-17214PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Per curiam
Dung The Pham, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In 1998, a jury convicted Pham and his co-defendant, Son Hoang Nguyen, of first degree murder. Pham was sentenced to a term of 29 years to life.
The State and Pham agree that Tong Nguyen was murdered by two gunmen, and that one of the gunmen was Tien Ha, who remains at large. At trial, Pham presented a defense arguing that another man, Hoang Tuan, was the second shooter. On the basis of a license plate identification, Tuan was arrested on the night of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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