Legal Opinion
Shuman v. Wolff
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided August 17, 1983No. CV-R-78-118-ECR, CV-R-78-119-ECRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge.
Pursuant to the Court’s order entered herein on March 23, 1983, and the subse quent evidentiary hearing held on July 8, 1983, the Court now renders its ruling on the remaining claims in this action.
With regard to petitioner’s conviction for first degree murder in 1958, it is asserted that the confession of his codefendant was improperly admitted in violation of the rule of Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968), which is applied retroactively. Roberts v. Russell, 392 U.S. 293, 88 S.Ct. 1921, 20 L.Ed.2d 1100 (1968).…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Sumner v. ShumanSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- People v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Shuman v. WolffCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Thigpen v. SmithDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1985
- Peace v. BakerDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1988
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