Legal Opinion
John Harvey Adamson v. James G. Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1986No. 84-2069PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court of Arizona after exhausting all his state remedies. He contends that his conviction for first degree murder and death sentence violated various provisions of the federal Constitution. The district court denied his petition, and a panel of this court affirmed that denial, Adamson v. Ricketts, 758 F.2d 441 (9th Cir.1985). That decision was vacated when the majority of the judges of the circuit voted to have the appeal determined by an en banc panel. We reverse the district court and direct the…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Ricketts v. AdamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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- Jonah Iaea v. Franklin Sunn, Director of the Department of Social Services, State of HawaiiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- John Harvey Adamson v. James G. Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
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