Legal Opinion
Bruce Wayne Morris v. Jeanne Woodford, Acting Warden of California State Prison at San Quentin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 5, 2000No. 99-99028PublishedCited by 329 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Bruce Wayne Morris was sentenced to death in California for the 1985 murder of Rickey Van Zandt. He appeals the district court’s denial, on summary judgment, of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
EARLIER PROCEEDINGS
At the close of the guilt phase of the trial, on June 22, 1987, the jury found Petitioner guilty of first-degree murder and robbery and further found the special circumstance that Petitioner had committed the murder during the commission of the robbery.
The trial moved to a penalty phase. Evidence was introduced in…
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3Cited by329 opinions
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