Legal Opinion
Snook v. Wood
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1996No. Nos. 95-36089, 95-36150PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge T.G. NELSON; Special Concurrence by Judge WRIGHT.
T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
Tana Wood, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary (“State”), appeals the district court’s partial grant of habeas corpus relief to Washington State prisoner Donald M. Snook (“Snook”), who challenges his 1977 murder conviction and life sentence.
We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2243, and we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In 1975, while incarcerated for taking a motor vehicle without permission, Snook was charged with first-degree murder of a fellow inmate. A jury…
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