Legal Opinion
Dillard v. Roe
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2001No. Nos. 99-56345, 99-56376PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
This federal habeas case raises issues concerning the admissibility of expert testimony on battered women’s syndrome and the proper procedure for taking judicial notice of a defendant’s prior felony convictions. This case also involves a challenge to the constitutionality of two five-year sentence enhancements.
California prisoner Adrian Lamont Dillard filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition in federal district court raising constitutional challenges to his state court conviction and sentence. Dillard was convicted of one felony count of inflicting corporal injury upon a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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3Cited by26 opinions
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