Legal Opinion
Stokes Ray CROTTS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellee, v. George SMITH, Warden, California Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 5, 1996No. 94-56694PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
The opinion filed October 10, 1995 is withdrawn.
OPINION
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
A state court jury found Petitioner-Appel-lee Stokes Ray Crotts guilty of assault with a deadly weapon upon a peace officer in violation of California Penal Code § 245(e). After his conviction was affirmed on direct appeal, Crotts unsuccessfully petitioned the California state courts for a writ of habeas corpus. Crotts then petitioned the United States District Court for habeas relief. The district court granted the petition, ruling that the failure of Crotts’s counsel to object to highly prejudicial…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Duncan v. HenrySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- People v. RobertsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Phillip Jackson Lyons v. Jackie CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Richard Boyde v. Jill Brown, Warden of California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Samson Dubria v. G.A. Smith, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Johnson v. BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
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