Legal Opinion
Lenhard v. Wolff
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1979No. 79-2632PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
The emergency application for a stay of execution of the sentence of death imposed upon Jesse Walter Bishop presently set for Monday, August 27, 1979 is denied and the appeal from the denial of the writ of habeas corpus is dismissed. Messrs. Lenhard and Franzen, Deputy Public Defenders of Clark County, Nevada, attempting to appear as next friend acting on behalf of Bishop, filed the application for the stay and the appeal.
Jesse Bishop, proceeding in propria persona, pleaded guilty to nine felony charges including murder and was sentenced to death in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark…
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- Groseclose Ex Rel. Harries v. DuttonDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1984
- State v. KeithMontana Supreme Court · 1988
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