Appellate Practice
Oct. 19, 2005
9th Circuit Removes Inmate From Death Row
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday removed inmate Warren Wesley Summerlin from Arizona's death row. An 11-judge panel held that the lawyer representing Summerlin failed to investigate his client's tortured family history and mental disability for presentation at the penalty phase of Summerlin's trial for murdering a bill collector in 1981.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday removed inmate Warren Wesley Summerlin from Arizona's death row.
An 11-judge panel held that the lawyer representing Summerlin failed to investigate his client's tortured family history and mental disability for presentation at the penalty phase of Summerlin's trial for murderi...
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