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People v. Padilla

California Supreme Court

Decided December 4, 1995No. S014496PublishedCited by 117 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

ARABIAN, J.

Not long after midnight on January 5, 1988, the body of Esther “Goosey” Alvarado, a homeless prostitute and heroin addict, was found lying facedown on the edge of a country road near Grayson, a small town in Stanislaus County about 15 miles west of Modesto, California. She *910had shotgun and small-caliber bullet wounds in her chest and abdomen. Beside her body, scrawled in the wet ground beneath her muddy hand, was the word “Jesse.”

By daybreak that same morning, Stanislaus County Sheriff’s deputies had taken Jesse Hernandez into custody and charged him with Esther’s murder.…

2Cases cited83 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by117 opinions

  1. People v. HillCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
  2. People v. FryeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  3. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  4. People v. MauryCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  5. People v. YoungCalifornia Supreme Court · 2005

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