Legal Opinion
Mickey v. Ayers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2010No. 07-99006, 07-99007PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We consider an appeal and a cross-appeal presenting consolidated issues arising out of a California double murder conviction and death sentence.
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A California jury convicted Douglas S. Mickey of two first-degree murders, making special circumstance findings that authorized the death penalty. The state court jury returned a death verdict. The facts, as aptly discussed by the California Supreme Court in People v. Mickey, 54 Cal.3d 612, 286 Cal.Rptr. 801, 818 P.2d 84 (1991), and undisputed by the parties, can be summarized as follows:
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In September 1980, Mickey lived on…
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- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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