Legal Opinion
Robert Charles Towery v Charles Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 27, 2012No. 12-15071PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Robert Towery was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1992. After pursuing direct review and seeking post-conviction relief in state court, he filed a pro se habeas petition in federal district court. The district court appointed counsel, who filed an amended federal habeas petition raising eight substantive claims of constitutional error as well as numerous distinct allegations of counsel ineffectiveness. Counsel did not, however, include Towery’s fully exhausted Eddings-Tennard claim in the amended petition. See Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104, 102 S.Ct. 869, 71 L.Ed.2d 1…
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