Ninth Circuit vacates death sentence that Supreme Court affirmed for 1983 murder
Finding “the California Supreme Court failed to reasonably apply clearly established federal law” regarding a condemned inmate’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim, the Ninth Circuit in Noguera v. Davis yesterday affirmed habeas corpus relief vacating a death sentence imposed for a murder committed 38 years ago.
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