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Williams v. Cavazos

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 23, 2011No. 07-56127PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Consider two scenes:

Scene One

Juror #8:1 just want to talk.

Juror # 7: Well, what’s there to talk about? Eleven men in here think he’s guilty. No one had to think twice about it except you.

Juror # 10: I want to ask you something: do you believe his story?

Juror # 8: I don’t know whether I believe it or not — maybe I don’t.

Juror # 7: So how come you vote not guilty?

Juror # 8: Well, there were eleven votes for guilty. It’s not easy to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first.... We’re talking about somebody’s life here. We can’t decide…

2Cases cited76 opinions

  1. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Johnson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  2. Douglas Coley v. Margaret BagleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2013
  3. People v. FuiavaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2012
  4. Floyd Rayner, III v. David MillsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
  5. Earl Cannedy, Jr. v. Darrel AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013

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