[DOWNLOAD] "Plant Food Co-Op v. Wolfkill Feed & Fertilizer Corp." by Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Plant Food Co-Op v. Wolfkill Feed & Fertilizer Corp.
- Author : Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 30, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of California denying petitioners writ of habeas corpus. The two petitioners, Gibson and Justice, are presently serving life sentences in California state prisons for the 1973 murder conviction of a prison guard at San Quentin. Gibson and Justice allege that the trial jury that convicted them impermissibly relied upon facts that were not in evidence. In doing so they claim they were denied their constitutional right to a fair trial. The district court, which reviewed the state court record, but did not take additional evidence, concluded that any error that may have occurred was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. Our review of the historical facts in this case convinces us that there is a reasonable possibility that the jurys consideration of facts not introduced into evidence contributed to the jurys verdict. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment.