Legal Opinion
Pinholster v. Ayers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 2, 2008No. 03-99003, 03-99008PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge TALLMAN; Concurrence by Chief Judge KOZINSKI; Dissent by Judge FISHER.
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
Scott Lynn Pinholster faces a death sentence in California for murdering Thomas Johnson and Robert Beckett on January 9, 1982, robbing Johnson and Beckett with intentional infliction of great bodily injury and with personal use of a knife, robbing Todd Croutch with a firearm, and burglarizing Michael Kumar’s residence. The jury found two special circumstances: Pin-holster, in the same proceeding, was convicted of more than one murder, CaLPenal Code § 190.2(a)(3) (1984), and he…
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Bond v. BeardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
- Pinholster v. AyersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Drake v. PortuondoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
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