Legal Opinion
Summerlin v. Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 12, 2001No. 98-99002PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge TROTT; Dissenting in Part by Judge KOZINSKI;' Dissenting in Part by Judge THOMAS.
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
I
BACKGROUND1
On April 29, 1981, petitioner Warren Wesley Summerlin killed Brenna Bailey when she went to his residence on behalf of her employer to attempt to collect a delinquent debt. Summerlin bashed in Ms. Bailey’s head and skull, probably with a hatchet, wrapped her partially nude body in a bedspread, and discarded her remains in the locked trunk of her car. He was arrested a few days later, charged, and convicted under Arizona law of first degree murder and sexual…
2Cases cited67 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Mickens v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Benjamin Wai Silva v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, San Quentin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Warren Wesley Summerlin v. Dora B. Schriro, Director of Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Warren Wesley Summerlin v. Terry L. Stewart, Director of Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan, A.K.A. Billy Patrick Wayne Hill v. Terry Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
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