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In Re Lawley

California Supreme Court

Decided March 24, 2008No. S089463PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

On January 22, 1989, Brian Seaboum shot and killed Kenneth Lawton Stewart. In the years that followed, three men were held criminally accountable for Stewart’s death. Petitioner Dennis Harold Lawley was tried, convicted of first degree murder with special circumstances, and sentenced to death for hiring Brian Seaboum and Steven Mendonca to kill Stewart. Seaboum was tried and convicted of second degree murder. (People v. Seabourn (Super. Ct. Stanislaus County, 1990, No. 244904).) Steven Mendonca pleaded guilty to second degree murder for assisting Seaboum. (People v.…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. In re RenoCalifornia Supreme Court · 2012
  2. People v. Hyung Joon KimCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Gould v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
  4. In Re PriceCalifornia Supreme Court · 2011
  5. In re RichardsCalifornia Supreme Court · 2012

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