Judges and Judiciary
Mar. 25, 2004
'Summerlin' Will Let Court Overturn Unconstitutional Sentences
Forum Column - By Carlos A. Singer - Before the law reduced the case of Summerlin v. Stewart, 341 F.3d 1082 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc), to an inquiry about retroactivity, there was Warren Wesley Summerlin and a bizarre collection of facts that would rival any television legal drama. An anonymous tip based on ESP led to his arrest for a brutal murder, his defense counsel slept with his prosecutor while his case was pending, and the judge might have been high when he sentenced Summerlin to death.
Carlos A. Singer
By Carlos A. Singer
Before the law reduced the case of Summerlin v. Stewart, 341 F.3d 1082 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc), to an inquiry about retroactivity, there wa...
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