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Ivan Curtis Charles v. R.Q. Hickman, Warden Attorney General for the State of California

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided October 3, 2000No. 99-17063PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

California state prisoner Ivan Curtis Charles appeals the district court’s denial of his § 2254 petition. 1 Charles is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole after being convicted in 1988 of first-degree murder with special circumstances for shooting Gerald Darnell Mitchell in retaliation for his testimony against Charles in a 1980 robbery trial. To prove Charles’ retaliatory motive and that the killing was intentional and premeditated, the trial court permitted the prosecution to introduce evidence from a 1982 trial in which Charles had been…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. Dowling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. People v. CarpenterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Eddie Randolph v. Michael L. Kemna, Superintendent Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
  2. State v. CottonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  3. Michael Jerome Powell v. George M. Galaza, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  4. James Wilkinson v. Doug GingrichCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
  5. In re the Personal Restraint of MoiWashington Supreme Court · 2015

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