Legal Opinion
Blair v. Martel
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 20, 2011No. 01-99003PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner James Nelson Blair seeks a writ of habeas corpus. He argues that the California Supreme Court’s delay in resolving the direct appeal from his murder conviction and death sentence denied his right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. Because no Supreme Court decision clearly establishes such a right, we affirm the denial of the writ.
I. Background
We described the facts that led to Petitioner’s conviction and sentence in an earlier published order, and we will not repeat those facts here. Blair v. Woodford, 319 F.3d 1087 (9th Cir.2003). That…
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