HEDGPETH v. PULIDO

No. 07-544.

129 S.Ct. 530 (2008)

555 U.S. 57

172 L.Ed.2d 388

Anthony HEDGPETH, Warden, Petitioner, v. Michael Robert PULIDO.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 2, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy Friedlander , for Petitioner.

Pratik A. Shah , for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

J. Bradley O'Connell , for Respondent.

Edmund G. Brown Jr. , Attorney General of California, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros , State Solicitor General, Gerald A. Engler , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. De Nicola , Deputy State Solicitor General, Peggy S. Ruffra , Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Jeremy Friedlander , Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner.

J. Bradley O'Connell , Assistant Director, First District Appellate Project, for Respondent.


A conviction based on a general verdict is subject to challenge if the jury was instructed on alternative theories of guilt and may have relied on an invalid one. See Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359, 51 S.Ct. 532, 75 S.Ct. 1117 (1931); Yates v. United States, 354 U.S. 298

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