Legal Opinion
Robert Alton Harris v. Daniel Vasquez, Warden of California State Prison at San Quentin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1991No. 90-55402PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
On March 6, 1979, Robert Alton Harris (“Harris”) was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to death. On March 26, 1990, Harris filed his third federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. In this petition, Harris alleged that the state had denied him competent psychiatric assistance at trial, that the prosecution had presented false psychiatric testimony, and that newly discovered evidence showed he had organic brain damage and other mental disorders. Harris also asserted that he had…
2Cases cited62 opinions
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3Cited by196 opinions
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