U.S. Supreme Court
Apr. 6, 2011
Appeals Narrowed in Death Penalty Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed Monday a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that had granted habeas corpus relief to an inmate on California's death row because he received ineffective assistance of counsel.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court continued its streak of reversing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' grants of habeas corpus relief Monday when it returned an inmate to California's death row.
The justices submitted a complex and fractured decision in the case. The court ruled 7-2 that federal courts cannot consider facts brought to light at an evidentiary hearing that weren't co...
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