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IN RE ZAMUDIO JIMENEZ

No. S167100.

50 Cal.4th 951 (2010)

114 Cal. Rptr. 3d 605

237 P.3d 1004

In re SAMUEL ZAMUDIO JIMENEZ on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

August 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Habeas Corpus Resource Center, Michael Laurence, Cristina Bordé, Sara Cohbra and Mónica Othón for Petitioner Samuel Zamudio Jimenez.

Law Office of John T. Philipsborn and John T. Philipsborn for the Government of Mexico as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Samuel Zamudio Jimenez.

Daniel J. Broderick, Federal Defender, and Jennifer M. Corey, Assistant Federal Defender, for Federal Defenders for the Eastern and Central Districts of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Samuel Zamudio Jimenez.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Gerald A. Engler and Ronald S. Mathias, Assistant Attorneys General, Keith H. Borjon and Herbert S. Tetef, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent State of California.

OPINION

KENNARD, J.—

This matter is a companion to In re Morgan (2010) 50 Cal.4th 932 (Morgan).

After a conviction for capital murder and a sentence of death in 1998, petitioner invoked his statutory right to this court's appointment of habeas corpus counsel to challenge his conviction and death sentence. Because of a critical shortage of qualified attorneys willing to represent...

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