Legal Opinion

Northrop v. Alexander

District Court, N.D. California

Decided August 15, 1986No. C-85-7954 EFLPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

LYNCH, District Judge.

Petitioner Sheila D. Northrop, a California state prisoner at the California Institution for Women at Frontera, is serving a sentence of 15 years to life, imposed on September 25, 1980. She has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2254. Petitioner was convicted of one count of a violation of California Penal Code section 273a(l), felony child endangering. 1 That conviction also served as the underlying felony for her conviction of one count of second degree felony-murder.

Petitioner…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Phuoc Nguyen v. State of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
  2. Gregory B. La Rue v. Daniel J. McCarthyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  3. Hodges v. NewlandDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2001
  4. Amended July 18, 2016 Phuoc Nguyen v. State of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
  5. Leon v. FelkerDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2011

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