Petition Blocked

The Ninth Circuit rejected an application from a California prisoner convicted of murder to file a second habeas corpus petition due to his failure to discover alleged suppressed evidence while filing his previous petition.

SAN FRANCISCO – The Ninth Circuit rejected an application from a California prisoner convicted of murder to file a second habeas corpus petition due to his failure to discover alleged suppressed evidence while filing his previous petition.

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