Legal Opinion
Bill Edward Sturgis v. Robert Goldsmith
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1986No. 83-2281PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Bill Edward Sturgis, currently incarcerated in an Arizona state prison, appeals the judgment and order dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for an evidentiary hearing.
I. BACKGROUND.
On January 4, 1970, Sturgis returned home at one a.m. with an acquaintance, Mary Monsivias. For the next two hours, Sturgis tortured and eventually killed Monsivias by stabbing her repeatedly with a kitchen knife and strangling her with a wire coat hanger. The killing took place in the presence of…
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