Ninth Circuit vacates death penalty the California Supreme Court affirmed 23 years ago
In Waidla v. Davis, a divided Ninth Circuit panel last week affirmed the grant of habeas corpus relief that overturns the death sentence of the petitioner, Tauno Waidla, because of ineffective counsel during the penalty phase of his trial. It was unanimous, however, in affirming the denial of relief that would have overturned his conviction for a brutal 1988 murder.
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