Legal Opinion
Stafford B. Davis v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Director, California Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 27, 2006No. 05-55164PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRABER, Circuit Judge.
In 2000, a state-court jury convicted Petitioner Stafford B. Davis of being a felon in possession of a firearm and of evading a peace officer. The state court sentenced him to 25 years to life in prison under California’s Three Strikes Law, counting as eight “strikes” a 1986 California conviction that involved eight robberies. After unsuccessful state appeals and state habe-as petitions, Petitioner filed this federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He now appeals the district court’s denial of his requested relief, arguing primarily that the use of his 1986…
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