Legal Opinion
Tony Duckett v. Salvador Godinez Brian McKay
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 5, 1995No. 93-17036PublishedCited by 311 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
Tony Duckett is a Nevada state prisoner serving a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He was convicted of burglary and two counts of first-degree murder. He appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He alleges the State of Nevada violated his rights to a fair trial and sentencing hearing because (1) the trial court improperly took an active role in the prosecution of his case; (2) the prosecutor improperly offered his personal opinions to the jury; (8) the…
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