Lang v. Cullen

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS WITH RESPECT TO GUILT PHASE CLAIM OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AND BRADY AND NAPUE CLAIMS; FINDING COUNSEL’S PERFORMANCE WAS DEFICIENT AT THE PENALTY PHASE

MARGARET M. MORROW, District Judge.

Petitioner Kenneth Burton Lang, Jr., was convicted of robbery-murder in Santa Barbara, California in 1984, and after a short penalty phase, was sentenced to death. Petitioner’s convictions and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. His collateral claims for relief were rejected by the California Supreme Court without an…