Legal Opinion
Modesto v. Nelson
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 20, 1969No. 47770PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER STAYING EXECUTION
ZIRPOLI, District Judge.
The court has before it an application for a stay of execution filed on behalf of a prisoner at San Quentin State Prison. Execution by the administration of lethal gas is scheduled for March 5, 1969.
In his petition for a writ of habeas corpus petitioner alleges, inter alia, deprivations of constitutionally protected rights in that (1) he was sentenced to death upon a jury determination ungoverned and unguided by any legal standards, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; (2) the imposition of the death penalty…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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