Legal Opinion
Bloom v. Vasquez
District Court, C.D. California
Decided December 7, 1993No. CV 90-2581-JSLPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED ORDER AND OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
LETTS, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On March 23, 1992, petitioner, Robert Maurice Bloom, Jr., filed a second amended petition for writ of habeas corpus. 1 In his petition, Bloom challenges his 1983 Los Angeles County convictions of three counts of first-degree murder and his subsequent death sentence.
Bloom raises five general claims of constitutional error: (1) insufficiency of the evidence of deliberation and premeditation; (2) ineffective assistance of counsel; (3) unfair trial due to the admission of unreliable information…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by11 opinions
- People v. SamayoaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
- Hendricks v. CalderonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- David L. Murtishaw v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden of the California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Bloom v. CalderonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- McDowell v. CalderonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
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