Legal Opinion
James Hardy v. Kevin Chappell, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 11, 2016No. 13-56289PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissent by Judge CALLAHAN
OPINION
BASTIAN, District Judge:
During the night of May 20, 1981, someone entered the apartment of Clifford and Nancy Morgan and brutally stabbed Nancy Morgan and their eight-year-old son to death. According to the State of California, that someone was James Edward Hardy. The State argued that theory at trial, obtaining a conviction and death sentence for Hardy. As it turns out, that someone was likely Calvin Boyd, a key prosecution witness at Hardy’s trial. Yet Hardy remains imprisoned, serving a life sentence.
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Knowles v. MirzayanceSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Alexis Shumway v. Alice Payne, Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary at PurdyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by6 opinions
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