Legal Opinion
Darryl Bernard Watts v. Bill Bonneville, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1989No. 88-6081PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Darryl Bernard Watts, a state prisoner convicted of one count of rape and two counts of rape in concert, appeals in pro-pria persona from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Watts claims that the state improperly punished him twice for a single criminal act and that the trial court incorrectly instructed the jury. We affirm.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
On March 18, 1980, in El Toro, California, Watts and two others, Simmons and Montgomery, forced Sharon B. at gun point to let them into her home. Once inside, the three men bound and gagged Sharon B. and…
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