Legal Opinion
Amos Dwayne Stevenson v. Gail Lewis, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 22, 2004No. 03-55784PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge.
Habeas petitioner Amos Dwayne Stevenson claims that he was tried in Orange County for a crime he committed in Los Angeles County in violation of the vicinage clause of the Sixth Amendment. The United States Supreme Court has yet to decide whether the vicinage clause applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. Consequently, the California Court of Appeal’s decision that petitioner was properly tried in Orange County is not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law as determined by the Supreme Court. Accordingly, we…
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