California Supreme Court
Apr. 16, 2014
Judge's handling of death penalty case did not hurt client, state high court rules
A Los Angeles judge's shortcomings as a lawyer representing a capital defendant more than three decades ago didn't harm his client, the state Supreme Court held on Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Los Angeles judge's shortcomings as a lawyer representing a capital defendant more than three decades ago didn't harm his client, the state Supreme Court held on Monday.
The quality of longtime Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald V. Skyers' representation of Steve Allen Champion was at the center of the habeas appeal.
Champion was sentenced to death in 1982 for participatin...
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