Legal Opinion
Michael Angelo Morales v. Jeanne S. Woodford, as Warden of San Quentin State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 28, 2003No. 99-99020PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.
Michael Morales, a state prisoner convicted of murder with special circumstances and sentenced to death, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Facts
A. The Murder and Investigation
Seventeen year-old Terri Winchell disappeared on a Thursday evening, January 8, 1981. Her mother lay sick in bed. Terri was getting ready to go out to pick up some food at a local restaurant. Before she left, she got a telephone call around 5:15 p.m. from Rick Ortega, a young man she knew through her friends. She spoke with him, then called her…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Daniels v. WoodfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Fernando Belmontes, Jr. v. Jill L. Brown, Warden, for the California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Fernando Belmontes, Jr. v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, for the California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- William Charles Payton v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden, William Charles Payton v. Jeanne Woodford, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Michael Angelo Morales v. Jeanne S. Woodford, as Warden of San Quentin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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