Stenson v. Lambert

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2007-09-24

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SCHROEDER, Chief Circuit Judge: Darold Stenson was convicted and sentenced to death in Washington State in 1994 for the 1993 first-degree murders of his wife, Denise Stenson, and his business partner, Frank Hoerner. The trial was punctuated by disagreements between Stenson and his appointed counsel, Fred Leatherman. Leatherman believed that the trial phase was not winnable and,…

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