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Woodford v. Visciotti, No. 02-137 (U.S. Supreme Court) (537 U.S. 19; 123 S.Ct. 357) (November 4, 2002) (Per Curiam)

In this summary reversal, the Court vacated the grant of habeas relief (based on ineffective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase of a capital case) stating that the 9th Circuit had substituted its own judgment for that of the state court.

In Visciotti v. Woodford, 288 F.3d 1097 (9th ...

 

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