Legal Opinion
Heishman v. Ayers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2010No. 07-99016PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam Opinion; Concurrence by Judge SILVERMAN.
OPINION
2Per curiam
Harvey Lee Heishman, III, a California prisoner under sentence of death, appeals from denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Heishman asserts claims of prosecutorial misconduct during the guilt phase of his trial and ineffective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase. We affirm.
I. Background and Standard of Review
Heishman met Nancy Lugassy in July 1979. Lugassy invited Heishman to her home the evening they met, and that night Lugassy ran crying to her neighbor and told him that she had…
3Cases cited38 opinions
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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