JACKSON v. CALDERON

No. 97-99032.

211 F.3d 1148 (2000)

Michael JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Arthur CALDERON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allyn O. Kreps, Troy & Gould; Robert S. Draper, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California, for the petitioner-appellant.

Donald de Nicola, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: CANBY, O'SCANNLAIN and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge CANBY; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge O'SCANNLAIN.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

In 1983, Michael Jackson, while grossly intoxicated with phencyclidine (PCP), shot and killed West Covina Police Officer Kenneth Wrede. Several witnesses testified to Jackson's bizarre behavior before the event, and to the brief encounter that ended in the shooting. Jackson concedes that he shot Officer Wrede, but he has always maintained that he has...

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