Legal Opinion
Joe Smith v. Charles Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 26, 2016No. 14-99008PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
In 1977, Joseph Clarence Smith, Jr. was convicted of two murders and sentenced to death. This is the second time we have reviewed Smith’s habeas challenge to his death sentence. In Smith v. Stewart, 189 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir.1999), we reversed in part and ordered that a writ of habeas corpus issue directing the State of Arizona to resentence Smith for the murders of Sandy Spencer and Neva Lee. Smith was resentenced to death in 2004 for each murder. After exhausting his remedies in state court, Smith filed a new petition in federal court. Applying the standards of the…
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