Legal Opinion
McMurtrey v. Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 21, 2008No. 03-99002, 03-99009PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
The State of Arizona appeals the federal district court’s grant of habeas corpus relief to Petitioner Jasper N. McMur-trey, III, in this pre-AEDPA case. 1 The district court concluded that McMurtrey’s due process rights were violated when the Arizona trial court failed to hold a hearing to determine whether McMurtrey was competent to stand trial, despite considerable evidence suggesting that he was not. See Pate v. Robinson, 383 U.S. 375, 385, 86 S.Ct. 836, 15 L.Ed.2d 815 (1966). 2 This violation, the court held, was not cured by a subsequent hearing. The federal…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Bell v. ConeSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Godinez v. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Earl Cannedy, Jr. v. Darrel AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- United States v. Denard NealCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
- Moormann v. RyanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
- Thomas v. ChappellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
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