Legal Opinion
Rowland v. Chappell
District Court, N.D. California
Decided October 2, 2012No. C 94-3037 WHAPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR RESPONDENT
WILLIAM ALSUP, District Judge.
Petitioner Guy Kevin Rowland, a California state prisoner sentenced to death, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254. Respondent now moves for summary judgment on all of petitioner’s claims. For the following reasons, respondent’s motion is Granted.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND1
On February 11, 1987, petitioner Guy Kevin Rowland was charged with one count of first-degree murder with the special circumstance that the murder took place during the commission of rape and one count of rape. The information alleged 12 prior…
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