Legal Opinion
Brian Keith Lord,petitioner-Appellee v. Tana Wood, Superintendent, Brian Keith Lord v. Tana Wood, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1999No. 97-99025, 97-99026PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
In this capital case we consider whether counsel’s failure to call, or personally interview, three witnesses who claim to have seen the victim alive after petitioner is supposed to have killed her, constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2062, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).
Background
On the afternoon of September 16, 1986, 16-year old Tracy Parker went out riding a horse belonging to her neighbors Wayne and Sharon Frye. Tracy visited some friends early that evening and, as she was leaving, informed one of them that…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- O'NEAL v. McAninchSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Sheldon Sanders v. John Ratelle, Warden Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- LaGrand v. StewartCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by111 opinions
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