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Appellate Practice

Nov. 4, 1999

Appellate Panel Unlikely to Speed Habeas

SAN FRANCISCO - What appeared to be a less than sympathetic panel of federal appellate judges sharply questioned a state prosecutor Tuesday about whether California's rules of court qualify the state for speeded-up treatment of hundreds of death penalty appeals under a 1996 federal reform law.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - What appeared to be a less than sympathetic panel of federal appellate judges sharply questioned a state prosecutor Tuesday about whether California's rules of court qualify the state for speeded-up treatment of hundreds of death penalty appeals under a 19...

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