In re Jones

Supreme Court of California · Decided 1996-06-27

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Opinion GEORGE, C. J. While his appeal from a judgment imposing the death penalty was pending before this court, petitioner Troy Lee Jones filed the petition for writ of habeas corpus that gave rise to the present proceeding. The petition, in part reiterating petitioner’s contentions on appeal, alleged that numerous failings by his trial attorney, Hugh Wesley Goodwin (defense counsel), deprived petitioner of hi…

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