BRADFORD v. PARAMO

No. 21-55038.

DOUGLAS GORDON BRADFORD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DANIEL PARAMO, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 3, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Yockelson (argued), Law Office of Alan S. Yockelson, San Diego, California, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Nikhil Cooper (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Stephanie C. Brenan , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Susan Sullivan Pithey , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Lance E. Winters , Chief Assistant Attorney General; Rob Bonta , California Attorney General; California Attorney General's Office, Los Angeles, California, for Respondent-Appellee.

Opinion by Judge Rawlinson, Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Antoon


OPINION

This "cold case" culminated in a conviction thirty-five years after a murder, based entirely on circumstantial evidence. Unfortunately, the trial judge erroneously excluded powerful exculpatory evidence of another viable suspect, namely the individual who dined with the victim on the evening of the murder...

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