Criminal,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Feb. 11, 2020
The 9th Circuit ducks its judicial obligations in ruling
The law is clear, and this manner of resolving the case is clearly wrong.
Kent Scheidegger
Legal Director and General Counsel
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Email: ks_temp5@cjlf.org
On Jan. 15, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that convicted murderer Ezzard Ellis either be released or be given a new trial. In doing so, it reversed a decision of the district court and effectively nullified the decisions of the California courts in this matter. Remarkably, the 9th Circuit reached this result without finding any error by the district court or any violation of any rule of law demonstrably affecting the trial of Ellis' case.
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