Criminal,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 9, 2018
Failure to file discovery motion bars successive habeas filing, 9th Circuit rules
A California prisoner who failed to seek discovery of possible exculpatory evidence before filing a series of habeas petitions to his 1999 murder conviction may not use helpful evidence he discovered later in a successive challenge, a federal appeals court has ruled.
A California prisoner who failed to seek discovery of possible exculpatory evidence before filing a series of habeas petitions to his 1999 murder conviction may not use helpful evidence he discovered later in a successive challenge, a federal appeals court has ruled.
In a unanimous decision published Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Guillermo Solorio Jr.'s request to file a second or succe...
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