Legal Opinion
Joseph Wood, III v. Charles Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 10, 2012No. 08-99003PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
Joseph R. Wood III, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition challenging his state convictions for murder and aggravated assault and the imposition of the death penalty. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.
I
Petitioner Joseph Wood shot and killed his estranged girlfriend, Debra Dietz, and her father, Eugene Dietz, on August 7, 1989 at a Tucson automotive paint and body shop owned and operated by the Dietz family. The Arizona Supreme Court described the facts as follows:
Since 1984, Defendant…
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