WILLHOITE v. VASQUEZ

Nos. 89-15801, 89-15829.

921 F.2d 247 (1990)

Norman Wayne WILLHOITE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Daniel B. VASQUEZ; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. Philip James SYZEMORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert M. REES, Superintendent, Deuel Vocational Institution; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fern M. Laethem and Sandra Gillies, Public Defenders, Sacramento, Cal., for petitioners-appellants.

Raymond L. Brosterhous II, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., for respondents-appellees.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Norman Wayne Willhoite and Philip James Syzemore ("petitioners"), two California state prisoners, appeal the denial of their petitions for writs of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioners argue they were denied due process in their state court trial by the prosecution's failure to disclose part of a plea agreement with a prosecution witness, by the prosecutor's failure to correct what petitioners contend was...

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