MAYFIELD v. WOODFORD

No. 97-99031.

270 F.3d 915 (2001)

Demetrie Ladon MAYFIELD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jeanne WOODFORD, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Crain, Klein & Crain, Santa Monica, California, and Michael T. Shannon, Pasadena, California, for the petitioner-appellant.

Garrett Beaumont, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, California, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, and DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, PAMELA ANN RYMER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, SUSAN P. GRABER, RONALD M. GOULD, MARSHA S. BERZON, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted June 19, 2001 — San Francisco, California.

OPINION

RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Demetrie Ladon Mayfield murdered Ora Mae Pope on February 2, 1983, to exact revenge from Ms. Pope and her son, Byron, who had sworn out a complaint against Mayfield for auto theft. He then killed John Moreno to eliminate the only eyewitness to the crime. A San Bernardino County jury convicted Mayfield of two counts of first degree murder...

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