ADAMSON v. LEWIS

No. 84-2069.

955 F.2d 614 (1992)

John Harvey ADAMSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Foley, San Francisco, Cal., and Timothy K. Ford, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Seattle, Wash., for petitioner-appellant.

Jack Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for respondents-appellees.

Before HUG, SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, ALARCON, FERGUSON, D.W. NELSON, BOOCHEVER, NORRIS, BEEZER, BRUNETTI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

This death penalty case involves the fifth time this court has considered a challenge by John Harvey Adamson to the State of Arizona's efforts to sentence him to death, and the third time this court has sat en banc to review Adamson's sentence. A thorough history of the background of this case is set forth in our prior en banc decision. Adamson v. Ricketts, 865 F.2d 1011, 1013-16 (9th Cir.1988...

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