John Wesley Clutchette v. Ruth Rushen

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1985-09-11

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SNEED, Circuit Judge: The appellant, John Wesley Clutchette, was convicted in state court of first degree murder on the basis of evidence that his wife obtained and then turned in to the police while she worked as an investigator for Clutchette’s defense counsel. Clutchette appeals from the denial of his habeas corpus petition. He asserts that he was deprived of the effective as…

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