Legal Opinion
Brett Pensinger v. Kevin Chappell
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2015No. 12-99006, 13-99000PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
Brett Patrick Pensinger was convicted of kidnapping and first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 1982. After his California state appeals, Pensinger filed a writ of habeas corpus in federal court prior to the enactment of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214. The district court granted in part and denied in part Pensinger’s federal ha-beas petition, ultimately vacating the kidnap-murder special circumstance and the death sentence. Both parties appealed. “[B]eeause in most matters it is more…
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