Legal Opinion
McDowell v. Calderon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1997No. 96-99000PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
In 1984, a jury in California found Charles E. McDowell, Jr., guilty of murder, attempted murder, attempted rape, and burglary. The jury found true the special circumstances of felony murder/burglary and felony murder/rape. McDowell was sentenced to death.
After exhausting his claims for relief in state court, McDowell filed his first amended petition for federal habeas relief in the district court. This is an appeal from the denial of that petition. In the petition, McDowell argues he received ineffective assistance of counsel during the guilt phase of his…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- William George Bonin v. Arthur Calderon, as Warden of San Quentin State Prison James Rowland, Director of the California Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Babbitt v. CalderonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Fields v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- James Doan v. Anthony J. BriganoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- State v. DiFriscoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2002
- United States v. CooperDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2000
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