[DOWNLOAD] "Harris v. Vasquez" by United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Harris v. Vasquez
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Release Date : January 14, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 94 KB
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On March 6, 1979, Robert Alton Harris (""Harris"") was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to death. On March 26, 1990, Harris filed his third federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. In this petition, Harris alleged that the state had denied him competent psychiatric assistance at trial, that the prosecution had presented false psychiatric testimony, and that newly discovered evidence showed he had organic brain damage and other mental disorders. Harris also asserted that he had been subjected to an unlawful interrogation, and had been denied effective assistance of counsel. Without holding an evidentiary hearing, the district court denied Harris's petition. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND