Legal Opinion
Charles Denton Watson v. Wayne Estelle
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1988No. 87-6599PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Respondent-appellant Wayne Estelle, Warden (“Estelle”), appeals the judgment granting a writ of habeas corpus to petitioner-appellee Charles Denton Watson (“Watson”). The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 & 2253, and we affirm.
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In 1971, Watson was convicted of seven counts of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder for his participation in the Tate-LaBianca murders as part of the Manson family. His death sentence was modified to life imprisonment when the California…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Miller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Beazell v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by16 opinions
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