Legal Opinion
Ryan v. Valencia Gonzales
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 8, 2013No. 10-930PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
These two cases present the question whether the incompetence of a state prisoner requires suspension of the prison er’s federal habeas corpus proceedings. We hold that neither 18 U. S. C. § 3599 nor 18 U. S. C. § 4241 provides such a right and that the Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Sixth Circuits both erred in holding that district courts must stay federal habeas proceedings when petitioners are adjudged incompetent.
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Ernest Valencia Gonzales was convicted by an Arizona jury of felony murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, first-degree burglary, and theft. The convictions arose…
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