Legal Opinion
Stevie Lamar FIELDS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Arthur CALDERON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 10, 1997No. 96-99014PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Stevie Lamar Fields (“Fields”) appeals the district court’s order granting Warden Calderon’s (“the State’s”) motion to dismiss eleven claims contained in Fields’ second amended federal petition for writ of habeas corpus because they were declared procedurally defaulted by the California Supreme Court. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). We vacate and remand.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In 1979, Fields was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. 1 In 1983, his conviction and sentence were affirmed by the California Supreme Court on direct appeal. People v.…
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