California Supreme Court
Sep. 17, 2009
Death Row Inmate's Conviction Tossed
A federal judge has overturned the conviction of a man who spent 23 years on death row for killing two Grateful Dead fans in Berkeley, blaming mistakes by an Alameda County public defender.
Daily Journal Staff Writer A federal judge has overturned the conviction of a man who spent 23 years on death row for killing two Grateful Dead fans in Berkeley, blaming mistakes by an Alameda County public defender. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel said trial lawyer James Chaffee should have hired an investigator to substantiate claims that someone other than Ralph International Thomas shot two people and threw their bodies i...
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