Legal Opinion
Joseph Wood, III v. Charles Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 22, 2014No. 14-16380PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Joseph Wood, an Arizona state prisoner whose execution is set for July 23, 2014, appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b), his motion for a stay of execution, and his motion to amend or alter judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). We affirm. 1
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Wood shot and killed his estranged girlfriend, Debra Dietz, and her father, Eugene Dietz, in 1989. 2 Following a jury trial, Wood was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault. He was sentenced to…
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