Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Martel
District Court, C.D. California
Decided August 16, 2011No. Case CV 90-4638 RSWLPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING IN PART PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
RONALD S. W. LEW, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on petitioner Francis Hernandez’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Court has read the parties’ briefs, together with supporting documentation. For the reasons and in the manner set forth below, the Court hereby GRANTS IN PART the petition for writ of habeas corpus based upon the ineffective assistance of counsel, jury misconduct and cumulative error.
I. Factual Background
An L.A. County jury convicted Francis Hernandez of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts…
2Cases cited138 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Terry Bemore v. Kevin ChappellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
- Hernandez v. ChappellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
- Perkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2012
- Francis Hernandez v. Kevin ChappellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
- Francis Hernandez v. Kevin ChappellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
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