Criminal
Jun. 2, 2016
U.S. Supreme Court reverses 9th Circuit in habeas decision
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decision of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which had overturned a woman's murder conviction.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday summarily reversed a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that overturned the murder conviction of a woman who stabbed to death her boyfriend's mother and ex-girlfriend.
At issue in the case was California's procedural default rule, which prohibits defendants from raising claims at habeas corpus proceedings that they failed to r...
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