Legal Opinion
Kermit George Hilliard v. James C. Spalding, Superintendent, and Slade Gorton, Attorney General of the State of Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 1, 1983No. 82-3641PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Hilliard was tried and convicted in a Washington state court on charges of rape, kidnapping and sodomy. After exhausting his state remedies, he petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied the petition, and Hilliard brought this appeal, in which he raised eleven issues. Ten of his contentions are without merit; we treat them in a separate memorandum disposition issued today. However, Hilliard has raised a colorable claim that the government suppressed evidence relevant to the rape conviction in violation of his…
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- People v. KempCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
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