Legal Opinion
In Re Clark
California Supreme Court
Decided July 29, 1993No. S022475PublishedCited by 524 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*759Opinion
BAXTER, J.
William John Clark petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the judgment pursuant to which he is confined under a sentence of death is invalid. We conclude that his unjustified delay in presenting his claims bars consideration of the merits of the petition.
An exception to this bar would be recognized if, as a result of the defects of which petitioner complains, the conviction and/or sentence were shown to constitute a fundamental miscarriage of justice. A fundamental miscarriage of justice is established by showing: (1) that error of constitutional magnitude led…
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