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SASSOUNIAN v. ROE

No. 98-56747.

230 F.3d 1097 (2000)

Harry M. SASSOUNIAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Earnest ROE, Warden of Lancaster; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 26, 2000.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing December 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Sevilla, Cleary & Sevilla, San Diego, California, for the petitioner-appellant.

David F. Glassman, Office of the Attorney General, San Diego, California, for the respondents-appellees.

Before: Sidney R. THOMAS, Barry G. SILVERMAN, and Kim McLane WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted October 13, 1999 — Pasadena, California.

Opinion by Judge WARDLAW; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge SILVERMAN.

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

Harry Sassounian appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A jury convicted Sassounian of murdering Kemal Arikan, the Consul General of the Republic of Turkey. The jury also found true the special circumstance of killing because of nationality or national...

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