Legal Opinion
Pulido v. Chrones
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 21, 2010No. 05-15916PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge O’SCANNLAIN; Dissent by Judge THOMAS.
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether erroneous jury instructions in a state murder trial were prejudicial as a matter of federal Constitutional law.
I
A
During the predawn hours of May 24, 1992, Ramon Flores, an attendant at a Shell gas station convenience store in San Mateo, California, was shot in the face with a .45-caliber bullet.1 He died almost instantaneously. There were no witnesses to the crime, but a neighbor heard a loud bang coming from near the station around 3:45 a.m. and then a voice yelling as if addressing…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Boyde v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by47 opinions
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