Legal Opinion
Willie Lee Richmond v. James Ricketts
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1985No. 84-2809PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
Willie Lee Richmond, an Arizona prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Richmond contends that the district court erred 1) in determining that the filing of this petition constituted an abuse of the writ, and 2) in denying his request for an eviden-tiary hearing without properly reviewing the state court findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Richmond was convicted in state court of first degree murder. He was sentenced to death under Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 13-454. The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- State v. RichmondArizona Supreme Court · 1976
- Wong Doo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Anthony Lee Chaney v. Samuel Lewis, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections and Lloyd E. Bramlett, Superintendent, Arizona State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- John K. Lincoln v. Franklin Y.K. SunnCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Jerry Bartlett JONES, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tana WOOD, Respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Michael Knaubert v. Goldsmith, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Pratt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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