Wilson

Wilson v. Knowles

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631 F.3d 1295
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 1, 201107-17318California2,367 words

Opinion

Opinion

NOONAN, J.

John Balazs, Sacramento, CA, for the petitioner.

Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General of California, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gregory A. Ott, Deputy Attorney General, and Peggy S. Ruffra, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the respondent.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, JOHN T. NOONAN and BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge NOONAN; Dissent by Chief Judge KOZINSKI.

The Opinion and Dissent filed February 8, 2011 are withdrawn. A new Opinion and Dissent are filed herewith.

With this Opinion, the petition for rehearing is DENIED and the petition for rehearing en banc is DENIED. Chief Judge Kozinski would grant the petition for rehearing and the petition for rehearing en banc.

The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing en banc, and no judge of the court has requested a vote whether to rehear the matter en banc. Fed. R.App. P. 35.

NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

Rick Wilson appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Holding that the California courts violated Wilson's right to due process under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 , 120 S.Ct. 2348 , 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000),…

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