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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Nov. 2, 2010

9th Circuit Reverses Infant Death Ruling

Twice the U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its ruling that a grandmother was unjustly convicted of shaking to death her daughter's infant son in Van Nuys in 1996.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Twice the U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its ruling that a grandmother was unjustly convicted of shaking to death her daughter's infant son in Van Nuys in 1996.


But on Friday, despite those hints of high court disapproval, a circuit panel for the third time insisted that the woman's conviction must be reversed and again granted her habeas corp...

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