RODRIGUEZ v. McDONALD

No. 12-56594.

872 F.3d 908 (2017)

Jessie RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike MCDONALD, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 29, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony Faryar Farmani (argued), Farmani APLC, Rancho Santa Fe, California, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Ryan M. Smith (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Kenneth C. Byrne , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Lance E. Winters , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: Harry Pregerson and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge.


OPINION

When Jessie Rodriguez was fourteen years old, a California jury found him guilty of second-degree murder and attempted murder. Because the government relied on a coerced waiver of the right to counsel to secure this conviction, we grant Mr. Rodriguez's request for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

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