Legal Opinion
Raymond Nelson v. Daniel McCarthy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 28, 1980No. 79-2605PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALLISTER, District Judge:
This appeal arises.from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioner, Raymond Leroy Nelson. In March of 1974, petitioner was charged by information in Santa Clara County with counts of first degree murder, commission of a felony while armed, and possession of a sawed-off shotgun, in the shooting death of his wife, Sharon Nelson. In May of 1974, a jury found the petitioner guilty of all counts and he was sentenced to a life term in the state penitentiary. The following year his conviction was affirmed by the California Court of Appeals…
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