TAYLOR v. BEARD

No. 11-55247.

811 F.3d 326 (2016)

Ronald TAYLOR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jeffrey BEARD, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt David Hermansen (argued), San Diego, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General of California, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth C. Byrne , Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Eric E. Reynolds (argued), Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge and DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, M. MARGARET McKEOWN, WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, JAY S. BYBEE, MORGAN CHRISTEN and JOHN B. OWENS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In 1987, two men entered Lewis Lim's fast food restaurant, and one of them shot Lim dead. A jury found that Ronald Taylor was the shooter. Taylor was convicted and sentenced to life without parole for felony murder predicated on attempted robbery. After the trial, Taylor told the State that his cousin was...

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