Criminal
Dec. 11, 2009
9th Circuit Vacates Death Sentence
The federal appeals court said defense lawyers failed to marshal mitigating evidence in the penalty phase of a Van Nuys man 1983 trial.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Van Nuys man who has spent a quarter of a century on San Quentin's death row had his death sentence vacated Wednesday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that his defense team failed to marshal mitigating evidence at his 1983 trial's penalty phase.
A circuit panel voted 8-3 to reverse a three-judge panel's decision that Scott Lynn Pinholster's death se...
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