Legal Opinion
Colleen Mary Rohan, Ex Rel. Oscar Gates v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 25, 2003No. 01-99016PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
We decide whether a district court must stay capital habeas proceedings during a petitioner’s incompetence.
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Oscar Gates was sentenced to death for murdering Lonnie Stevenson in 1979. Gates belonged to a forgery ring run by the Stevenson family, and became embroiled in a dispute over his cut of the proceeds during which a Stevenson family member shot him in the leg. Gates then went to the Stevensons’ house with a gun and met two family members, Lonnie and Maurice, in the yard. Gates killed Lonnie and wounded Maurice. Maurice claims Gates ordered them to hand over…
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