Legal Opinion
Bernard J. Fitzpatrick v. Jack McCormick Warden of the Montana State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1989No. 87-4027PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
Bernard J. Fitzpatrick appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habe-as corpus relief. Fitzpatrick was convicted by a Montana state court and sentenced to death for deliberate homicide, to death for aggravated kidnapping, and to 100 years for robbery. He raises numerous grounds on which he argues the district court should be reversed. We reverse the dis trict court without making a determination of all issues raised.
PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
In October 1975, the petitioner, Bernard J. Fitzpatrick, and three codefendants were tried together on charges stemming from…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by55 opinions
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