Estelle v. McGuire, No. 90-1074 (U.S. Supreme Court) (502 U.S. 62; 112 S.Ct. 475) (December 4, 1991) (Justice Rehnquist)

Loaded on June 17, 2000

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Battered Child/Spouse Evidence.

In this case the Ninth Circuit granted a writ of habeas corpus and reversed a conviction, holding that evidence of a prior injury was erroneously admitted to establish battered child syndrome, because no evidence linked McGuire to the prior injuries and no claim had been made at trial that his …

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