Legal Opinion
Ricky Lee Earp v. John Stokes, Warden, of California State Prison at San Quentin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2005No. 03-99005PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Ricky Lee Earp is on death row in San Quentin, California, after being convicted in Los Angeles County of the 1988 rape and murder of eighteen-month-old Amanda Doshier. The jury convicted Earp of first-degree murder and found three death-qualifying special circumstances to be true: rape, sodomy, and lewd and lascivious conduct on a child under the age of fourteen. In the separate penalty phase, the jury recommended that Earp be put to death for his crimes. The California Superior Court (“trial court”) imposed that sentence on February 21,1992.
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2Cases cited56 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Earp v. OrnoskiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
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- Aydiner v. GiustoDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 2005
- Cordova v. TerhuneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Earp v. OrnoskiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
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