Legal Opinion
Orrin W. Payne, Cross-Appellant v. Robert Borg, Warden, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1993No. 91-15678, 91-15867PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
ORDER
The memorandum disposition filed October 2, 1992, is redesignated a published and authored opinion and amended in its entirety-
OPINION
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Orrin W. Payne was found guilty in state court of first degree murder and of a special circumstance that the murder was committed during the course of a burglary. Payne filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, contesting only the validity of the special circumstance finding, which resulted in a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The district court granted habeas…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wright v. WestSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- People v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1987
- People v. BeemanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Talmage L. Ellis v. Nicholas ArmenakisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Mangum v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1996
- Cooper v. McGrathDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2004
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