John Harvey Adamson v. James G. Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections

FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

John Harvey Adamson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in district court *1014after exhausting all of his state remedies. He contends that his death sentence after a conviction of first degree murder violated various provisions of the federal Constitution. The district court denied his petition, and a three-judge panel of this court affirmed the denial. Adamson v. Ricketts, 758 F.2d 441 (9th Cir.1985). That decision was vacated when the majority of the judges of the circuit voted to have the appeal determined by an en banc panel. This panel then reversed the…