Legal Opinion
William Charles Payton v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden, William Charles Payton v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 20, 2003No. 00-99000, 00-99003PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge PAEZ; Dissent by Judge TALLMAN
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
A California jury convicted William Charles Payton (“Payton”) of the first degree murder and rape of Pamela Montgomery and the attempted murder of Patricia Pensinger and her son, Blaine Pensinger. Payton was sentenced to death. Payton appealed both his underlying conviction and death sentence.
On direct appeal, the California Supreme Court affirmed both his conviction and his sentence. People v. Payton, 3 Cal.4th 1050, 13 Cal.Rptr.2d 526, 839 P.2d 1035 (1992). Payton filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Brown v. PaytonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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- Fields v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Cortinas v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2008
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