Legal Opinion
Milke v. Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 14, 2013No. 07-99001PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Chief Judge KOZINSKI; Concurrence by Chief Judge KOZINSKI.
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
In 1990, a jury convicted Debra Milke of murdering her four-year-old son, Christopher. The judge sentenced her to death. The trial was, essentially, a swearing contest between Milke and Phoenix Police Detective Armando Saldate, Jr. Sal-date testified that Milke, twenty-five at the time, had confessed when he interviewed her shortly after the murder; Milke protested her innocence and denied confessing. There were no other witnesses or direct evidence linking Milke to the crime. The judge and jury…
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