Legal Opinion
LaGrand v. Lewis
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided February 16, 1995No. CV 92-026 TUC JMRPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ROLL, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
On February 17, 1984, Petitioners Karl and Walter LaGrand were convicted by a jury of first degree murder and other crimes committed in the course of a failed bank robbery. On December 14, 1984, the trial court sentenced both Petitioners to death. Petitioners seek a writ of habeas corpus from this Court, alleging that certain constitutional errors infected both the guilt and sentencing phases of their state court criminal proceedings. The requested relief is for the verdicts, or, at a minimum, their death sentences, to be set aside. The Court has…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Richard Adams Hovey v. Robert L. Ayers, Jr., Acting Warden, California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
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- Norris Holder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2013
- Stewart v. LaGrandSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 433, 98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 631 Karl Hinze Lagrand v. Terry Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Walter Burnhart Lagrand v. Terry Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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