Legal Opinion
Hoover v. Carey
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 7, 2007No. C 99-4568 JLPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
LARSON, Chief United States Magistrate Judge.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
A. Court of Appeal Decision and Findings of Fact
Crossan David Hoover, Jr. was convicted June 22, 1984 of first degree murder, with use of a deadly weapon. Five days after his conviction, the jury found him to be legally sane. The California Court of Appeal, King, J., affirmed his conviction and the California Supreme Court denied review. The court of appeal found the facts to be as follows:
“The killing occurred within the context of a bizarre conspiracy, led by Mark Richards,…
2Cases cited83 opinions
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- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Hoover v. NewlandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Hoover v. NewlandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009