Villafuerte v. Stewart

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1997-04-11

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PER CURIAM. Jose Roberto Villafuerte appeals the district court’s denial of his first federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus. An Arizona state court sentenced Villafuerte to death after a jury convicted him of felony murder based on kidnapping. Villafuerte argues that the state trial court erred in several respects at both the guilt and sentencing phases of his trial. He also claims bad faith failure by the state to co…

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