Legal Opinion
Kristopher C. Edwards v. A. Lamarque, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2007No. 04-55752PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge Hawkins; Concurrence by Judge Graber; Dissent by Judge Fisher
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellee Kristopher C. Edwards was convicted of murder in state court and sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. The district court granted his § 2254 habeas petition, finding that Edwards’s trial attorney had mistakenly caused Edwards to waive his marital privilege and that this constituted prejudicial error entitling Edwards to relief for ineffective assistance of counsel. The state appealed, and a divided panel of this court affirmed, Edwards v.…
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- Marshall v. LonbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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