HENDRICKS v. VASQUEZ

No. 89-16022.

908 F.2d 490 (1990)

Edgar M. HENDRICKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Daniel VASQUEZ, Warden; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Goodman, Topel & Goodman, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

Martin S. Kaye, Deputy Atty. Gen. and Charles R.B. Kirk, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for respondents-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, CANBY and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Chief Judge:

Edgar M. Hendricks, a California state prisoner sentenced to death, appeals the district court's summary dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse and remand.

The facts leading to Hendricks's conviction and sentence are set forth in People v. Hendricks, 44 Cal.3d 635, 640-41, 244 Cal.Rptr. 181, 183-84, 749 P.2d...

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