Legal Opinion
Ceja v. Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 8, 1996No. 94-99005PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge FARRIS; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge FLETCHER.
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
Jose Jesus Ceja is on death row in Arizona. He appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition. We have jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In 1974, Ceja was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for the drug related murders of Linda and Randy Leon. The Arizona Supreme Court reversed his conviction and sentence, primarily because of hearsay problems with ballistics evidence. State v. Ceja, 113 Ariz. 39, 546 P.2d 6 (1976). In 1976, Ceja was…
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