Legal Opinion
Gallego v. McDaniel
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 4, 1997No. 96-99006PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Senior Circuit Judge:
Gerald Armond Gallego, a Nevada death row inmate, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that his state conviction and sentence for murder were unconstitutional due to (1) inappropriate trial venue, (2) improper denials of trial continuance motions, (3) unfair restriction on the scope of cross-examination, (4) insufficient evidence of guilt, (5) unlawful jury instruction, (6) denial of effective assistance of trial counsel, and (7) prejudice resulting from the prosecutor’s having a pecuniary interest in the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by48 opinions
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