Legal Opinion
Melvin Meffery Wade v. Arthur Calderon, Warden of San Quentin Attorney General of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1994No. 90-56332PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Partial Concurrences and Partial Dissents by Judges REINHARDT and TROTT.
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Melvin Meffery Wade, a California state prisoner sentenced to death, appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. Wade was convicted in the San Bernardino County Superior Court of first-degree murder. We review de novo the district court’s denial of the habeas petition. Norris v. Risley, 878 F.2d 1178, 1180 (9th Cir.1989). We affirm the district court’s denial of relief on the merits of those claims challenging Wade’s conviction. We hold, however, that Wade’s death…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by111 opinions
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- Larry David Davis v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, of California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- State v. PhillipsOhio Supreme Court · 1995
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