Legal Opinion
Steven Ray LAWSON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Robert G. BORG, Warden, Respondent-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1995No. 95-15062PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge SCHROEDER; Dissent by Judge TROTT
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
Robert Borg, warden of the Folsom State Prison, appeals the district court’s judgment granting California state prisoner Steven Ray Lawson’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition challenging his conviction for first degree murder. Borg argues the grant of ha-beas should be reversed because (1) the district court should not have held an evidentia-ry hearing on Lawson’s juror misconduct claim; (2) any claim of juror bias has not been properly exhausted in the state courts; and (3) any juror misconduct resulted in harmless…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Keeney v. Tamayo-ReyesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by88 opinions
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- Crittenden v. AyersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
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