Legal Opinion
Sechrest v. Baker
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided September 13, 2011No. 3:92-cv-0536-ECR-WGCPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDWARD C. REED, District Judge. Introduction
This action is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, by Ricky David Sechrest, a Nevada prisoner convicted of two counts of first degree murder and two counts of first degree kidnapping, and sentenced to two death sentences and two terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sechrest’s convictions and death sentence are the result of his kidnapping and murder of two young girls near Reno, Nevada, on May 14,1983.
The case is before this court on remand from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, with a…
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