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CUMMINGS v. MARTEL

No. 11-99011.

796 F.3d 1135 (2015)

Raynard Paul CUMMINGS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael MARTEL, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 11, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Elizabeth Dahlstrom (argued), Research & Writing Attorney, Sean K. Kennedy , Federal Public Defender, Elizabeth Richardson-Royer , Deputy Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California; Statia Peakhart , Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Lance E. Winters (argued), Senior Assistant Attorney General; Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General of California; Dane R. Gillett , Chief Assistant Attorney General; A. Scott Hayward , Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge, and DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Raynard Cummings was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for killing Los Angeles Police Officer Paul Verna. The California Supreme Court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal. People v. Cummings, 4 Cal.4th 1233<...

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