Legal Opinion
Wayne Dale Schell v. Larry Witek, Warden Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, State of California, 1
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 11, 2000No. 97-56197PublishedCited by 231 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OVERVIEW
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
Wayne Dale Schell (“Schell”) appeals a district court judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 2 Without holding a requested evidentiary hearing into Schell’s claims, the court predicated its decision on the Report and Recommendations of a magistrate judge. We have jurisdiction of this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253.
Schell asserts three points of allegedly constitutional error: (1) that the state’s case lacked sufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict finding him guilty of burglary, (2) that the state…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by231 opinions
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- Stanley Williams v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, California State Prison, San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- People v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
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