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WATSON v. BLOCK

No. 94-56346.

102 F.3d 433 (1996)

Penelope WATSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sherman BLOCK, Sheriff; Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General for the State of California; Hon. William R. Pounders, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garrett J. Zelen, Los Angeles, CA, for petitioner-appellant.

Frederick R. Bennett, Assistant County Counsel, Los Angeles, CA, for respondents-appellees.

Before: BROWNING, NORRIS and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Attorney Penelope Watson appeals the denial of her habeas petition claiming that her due process rights were violated when she was held in summary contempt. We reverse.

Ms. Watson represented William Mora in a multi-defendant special circumstances murder trial that began on March 28, 1994, in Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge William R. Pounders presiding. On April 7, an attorney for one of Mora's codefendants repeatedly raised...

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