Legal Opinion
Bible v. Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2009No. 07-99017PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
On April 12, 1990, Appellant Richard Lynn Bible (“Bible”) was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and molestation of a nine-year-old girl. He received a death sentence. Bible now appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. He asserts claims of constitutional error in both the guilt and the penalty phases of his trial. The district court issued a certificate of appealability on his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel at the sentencing stage of his trial.
Having carefully and…
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