Legal Opinion
Richard Louis Arnold Phillips v. Daniel B. Vasquez, Warden, San Quentin State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1995No. 92-15828PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Concurrence by Judge KLEINFELD.
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
It has been almost fifteen years since Richard Louis Arnold Phillips was convicted of murder and first sentenced to death, and ten years since the state supreme court affirmed his conviction and vacated his sentence. The question before us is whether we should now review the constitutionality of Phillips’ conviction or require him to continue to wait until the state has rendered a final decision regarding his sentence before allowing him to petition for habeas review of the conviction.
BACKGROUND
In 1980,…
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