STYRE v. ADAMS

No. 09-15782.

645 F.3d 1106 (2011)

Robert E. STYRE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Derral G. ADAMS, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krista L. Pollard , Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the appellant.

Marc Elliot Grossman, Esq. , Upland, CA, for the appellee.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, J. CLIFFORD WALLACE and BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Warden Derral G. Adams appeals from the district court's writ of habeas corpus to Petitioner Robert E. Styre. We have jurisdiction over Adams' appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and we reverse.

I.

Styre was convicted of first-degree murder in January 1982 and sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-seven years to life with the possibility of parole...

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