BRAZZEL v. WASHINGTON

No. 05-36145.

484 F.3d 1087 (2007)

Ernest Lee BRAZZEL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. Alice Payne, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell V. Leonard, Federal Public Defender, Tacoma, WA, for the appellant.

Gregory J. Rosen, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for the appellee.

Before B. FLETCHER and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge.


McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.

In this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas appeal, Ernest Lee Brazzel challenges, as a violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause, his retrial on an attempted murder charge, after his first jury remained silent on that charge, and convicted him of a lesser alternative offense. Two different juries have now convicted Brazzel of the lesser offense, first degree assault. Both juries failed to reach the alternate and more serious charge of attempted murder...

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