HOOPER v. SHINN

No. 08-99024.

985 F.3d 594 (2021)

Murray HOOPER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. David SHINN, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Phalen (argued), Phoenix, Arizona; Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender; Dale A. Baich , Assistant Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Arizona; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jeffrey L. Sparks (argued), Jon G. Anderson , and John Pressley Todd , Assistant Attorneys General; Kent Cattani , Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section/Criminal Appeals Section; Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona; for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Mark J. Bennett, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In this murder-for-hire case, an Arizona jury convicted Murray Hooper on all counts, including two counts of first-degree murder. The trial court sentenced Hooper to death. On New Year's Eve 1980, while Pat Redmond, his wife Marilyn Redmond, and Marilyn's mother Helen Phelps (who was visiting) were home...

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