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SHUMAN v. WOLFF

Nos. 83-2392, 83-2459.

791 F.2d 788 (1986)

Raymond Wallace SHUMAN, Petitioner-Appellee/Cross-Appellant. v. Charles L. WOLFF, Jr., Director, Nevada State Prison, et al., Respondents-Appellants/Cross-Appellees,

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Patrick Flanagan, III, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Reno, Nev., Martin R. Boyers, Las Vegas, Nev., for petitioner-appellee/cross-appellant.

Brooke A. Nielsen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, Nev., for respondents-appellants/cross-appellees.

Before DUNIWAY, HUG, and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

This appeal and cross-appeal concern the district court's rulings on a petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 pertaining to two convictions for murder. 571 F.Supp. 213. There are two principal issues. The first concerns the validity of a 1958 conviction of murder that resulted in a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Shuman contends that the conviction was constitutionally infirm...

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