BRADFORD v. DAVIS

No. 15-99018, 15-99019.

923 F.3d 599 (2019)

Mark Alan BRADFORD, Petitioner-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Ron DAVIS, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Young (argued), John L. Littrell , and Margo A. Rocconi , Deputy Public Defenders; Hilary Potashner , Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Xiomara Costello (argued), David E. Madeo , and A. Scott Hayward , Deputy Attorneys General; Steven D. Matthews and James William Bilderback II , Supervising Deputy Attorneys General; Lance E. Winters , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General; Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR., PAUL J. WATFORD, and ANDREW D. HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Mark Alan Bradford was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, rape, and sodomy in connection with the 1988 killing of Lynea Kokes. After a jury found that he killed Kokes to prevent her from testifying against him—a special circumstance permitting capital punishment—Bradford...

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