U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 11, 2012
Supreme Court rejects' Skid Row Stabber' case
In the latest chapter in the struggle between it and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the high court Monday elected against second-guessing a decision overturning convictions for the "Skid Row Stabber" murders.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - In the latest chapter in the struggle between the U.S. Supreme Court and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the high court Monday elected against second-guessing a decision overturning convictions for the "Skid Row Stabber" murders in the late 1970s.
The circuit reversed Bobby Maxwell's 1984 convictions because the prosecution relied on a notoriously unreliable jailho...
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