Legal Opinion
Huffman v. Ricketts
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1984No. 84-1847PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants James Ricketts, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, and David Christensen, Superintendent of the Arizona Correctional Training Center, Rincon Unit (hereinafter “Arizona”) where appellee Scott Kevin Huffman (hereinafter Huffman) was confined at the time he filed this action for habeas corpus relief, seeks reversal of district court’s order which requires that Huffman be resentenced or granted a new trial.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
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