Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2008No. 04-99006, 04-99007PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
Earl Jackson petitions for a writ of ha-beas corpus challenging (1) his state court convictions for two counts of burglary and two counts of murder, (2) the jury’s findings of special circumstances making him death-eligible, and (3) his ultimate death sentence. The district court denied relief as to his convictions, but granted conditional relief as to the special circumstances findings and the death sentence. 1 Warden Brown (the “State”) does not appeal the district court’s judgment as to the death sentence itself, but appeals the relief granted as to the special…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by168 opinions
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