SCOTT v. ARNOLD

No. 18-16761.

962 F.3d 1128 (2020)

Rickey Leon SCOTT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Eric ARNOLD, Warden, of California State Prison, Solano, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michele J. Swanson (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Peggy S. Ruffra , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Jeffrey M. Laurence , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, California; for Respondent-Appellant.

Steven A. Hirsch (argued), Steven P. Ragland , and Neha Mehta , Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco, California, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Before: Michael J. Melloy, Jay S. Bybee, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

After Petitioner-Appellee Rickey Leon Scott was convicted of first-degree murder, he moved for a new trial based on his discovery that a juror had made a false representation during voir dire. The state trial court held an evidentiary hearing and denied his motion for a new trial, finding the juror...

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