SANSING v. RYAN

No. 13-99001.

997 F.3d 1018 (2021)

John Edward SANSING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles L. RYAN, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections; Ernest Trujillo, Warden, Arizona State Prison-Eyman Complex, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Y. Garcia (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender; Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Arizona; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Lacy Stover Gard (argued), Chief Counsel; John Pressley Todd , Special Assistant Attorney General; Mark Brnovich , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Tucson, Arizona; for Respondents-Appellees.

Dissent by Judge Berzon.


OPINION

In 1999, the State of Arizona sentenced John Sansing to death for the murder of Trudy Calabrese. This appeal arises from the district court's denial of Sansing's federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which is governed by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). The district...

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