Legal Opinion
Soil v. Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 30, 2003No. 02-55587PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Cleotis Soil was convicted of possession for sale of cocaine in the Los Angeles Superior Court, and sentenced to 25 years to life under California’s “Three Strikes’’ law. Soil appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.
Because Soil’s petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed after April 24, 1996, it is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). Under AEDPA, habeas relief is not available unless the state court adjudication was “contrary to,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- McKaskle v. WigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Caspari v. BohlenSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Soil v. Taylor, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2004