Legal Opinion
Bonin v. Vasquez
District Court, C.D. California
Decided July 20, 1992No. CV 90-3589-ERPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
RAFEEDIE, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Petitioner, William George Bonin, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his 1983 convictions in Orange County on four counts of first degree murder and his subsequent death sentence. Prior to standing trial in Orange County, Bonin was convicted of ten counts of first degree murder in Los Angeles and received a death sentence from that jurisdiction. This order and opinion concerns only his Orange County case, though the Los Ange-les case will be discussed as needed. 1
Bonin claims…
2Cases cited64 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by20 opinions
- William George Bonin v. Arthur Calderon, as Warden of San Quentin State Prison James Rowland, Director of the California Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Satcher v. PruettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Bonin v. CalderonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Bonin v. VasquezDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1992
- Payne v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
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