Summerlin v. Stewart, No. 98-99002 (9th Cir.) (341 F.3d 1082) (September 2, 2003) (Judge Sidney R. Thomas)
Here, by a vote of 8 to 3, the en banc court held that the Supreme Court's recent decision in Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 (2002) announced a watershed rule of law and thus it applies retroactively to cases on collateral appeal.
This is an important (albeit highly contentious) …
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