Legal Opinion
Bates v. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 9, 1973No. Nos. 71-3042, 71-3043PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRASK, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of petitioners’ writs of habeas corpus. The consolidated appeal is the latest in a long series of judicial proceedings since appellants were originally indicted on six counts of murder and one of arson for an incident on April 4, 1957, when gasoline and lighted matches were thrown into a bar; six persons died, others were seriously injured. Bates, Chavez and Manuel Hernandez were jointly tried before a jury and convicted on' all counts. The jury fixed the punishment of Bates and Chavez at death and that of Hernandez at…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Walter Thomas, Jr. v. Oscar Savage, Warden, Retrieve Unit, Texas Dept. Of Corrections,respondent-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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