Legal Opinion
David Thomas Dawson v. Michael Mahoney, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 8, 2006No. 06-99004PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Montana state prisoner David Thomas Dawson was convicted and sentenced to death in 1987 for three counts of deliberate homicide. In 2004, Mr. Dawson moved to discharge his federal habeas counsel, to waive further habeas proceedings, and for the appointment of an independent expert to determine his competency. The federal district court appointed two independent mental health experts to evaluate Mr. Dawson and ordered the parties to provide all relevant materials to those experts. After considering the experts’ reports, the federal district court found that Mr. Dawson is competent to…
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