Legal Opinion
Lambright v. Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1999No. Nos. 96-99020, 96-99025, 96-99026PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Dissent by Judge THOMPSON.
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Following a single trial before “dual juries,” petitioners Joe Leonard Lambright and Robert Douglas Smith were convicted of first degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault, and were sentenced to death. Because Arizona law did not authorize the use of dual juries at the time of petitioners’ trial, the Arizona Supreme Court concluded that the trial judge in this case had conducted an inappropriate and unauthorized experiment with petitioners’ trial. It nonetheless upheld the convictions. We hold that the Due…
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Joe Leonard Lambright v. Dora B. Schriro, Director of Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Brown v. SirmonsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
- Lambright v. StewartCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Smith v. SchriroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2016
- Joe Leonard Lambright v. Dora B. Schriro, Director of Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
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