David Luther Ghent v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, of California State Prison at San Quentin

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.

David Luther Ghent, a prisoner currently on California’s death row, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his habeas corpus petition and asks this court for relief on several grounds related to both his convictions and his death sentence. We hold that the district court erred in finding the admission of testimony in violation of Ghent’s Miranda rights in the special circumstances retrial to be harmless error. Accordingly, we reverse the district court’s holding in part and remand with instructions to vacate Ghent’s death sentence. As to Ghent’s other claims, we…