MORALES v. SHERMAN

No. 17-56304.

949 F.3d 474 (2020)

Nicolas Z. MORALES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stuart SHERMAN, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilary Potashner , Federal Public Defender; Margaret A. Farrand , Deputy Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General; Lance E. Winters , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Michael R. Johnsen and Stephanie C. Brenan , Supervising Deputy Attorneys General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: Paul J. Watford, Mark J. Bennett, and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In 2009, petitioner Nicolas Morales was convicted in California state court of one count of attempted robbery, one count of grand theft, and two counts of petty theft, among other offenses. The state trial court sentenced him to 35 years to life on the attempted robbery count under California's three-strikes law, two years...

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