ADAMSON v. RICKETTS

No. 84-2069.

758 F.2d 441 (1985)

John Harvey ADAMSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James G. RICKETTS, et al., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy K. Ford, Seattle, Wash., Timothy J. Foley, Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Schafer, III, Phoenix, Ariz., for respondent-appellee.

Before WRIGHT, POOLE and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

In this death penalty appeal we are confronted by these issues: (1) was the error in the admission of certain evidence in the underlying trial a confrontation clause violation and, if so, was it harmful; (2) what is the standard of review in the district court and this court in passing on the sufficiency of the evidence; (3) is the death penalty as applied under Arizona law unconstitutional because it takes the aggravating circumstances...

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