Legal Opinion
Frederic Dixon v. Brian Williams, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 30, 2014No. 10-17145PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Petitioner Frederic K. Dixon seeks federal habeas relief on the basis that the state trial court improperly instructed the jury on self-defense in violation of his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. We agree and reverse the district court’s denial of habeas relief.
I
Dixon was charged in the district court of Clark County, Nevada with murder with a deadly weapon for the shooting death of Derrick Nunley on November 14, 2003.
The parties do not dispute most of the facts related to the shooting, including the following: Early in the morning on the day of the shooting, Dixon went to…
3Cases cited22 opinions
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