Legal Opinion
Alfred R. Dyer v. Arthur Calderon, Warden, of California State Prison at San Quentin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1998No. 95-99002PublishedCited by 296 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge KOZINSKI; Dissent by Judge BRUNETTI; Dissent by Judge O’SCANNLAIN.
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. We consider whether he was denied a fair trial because one of the jurors obtained her seat by lying during voir dire.
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In 1980 Alfred Dyer and two friends took four hostages and drove them into the remote hills overlooking Oakland, California. They ordered the hostages out of the car and instructed them to lie down alongside the road. Dyer and an accomplice then shot all four; amazingly, two survived. Dyer admitted participating…
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