Santos

Santos v. People of the Territory of Guam

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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 3, 200603-70472California3,026 words

Opinion

Opinion

GOODWIN, J.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTHONY DUENAS SANTOS, 

Petitioner, No. 03-70472 v.  D.C. No.

CR-00-00006

THE PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORY OF

GUAM, OPINION

Respondent.  Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Guam

Argued and Submitted April 30, 2004—Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Filed January 3, 2006

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, Alfred T. Goodwin and J. Clifford Wallace, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Goodwin; Concurrence by Judge Wallace David J. Highsmith, Hagatna, Guam, for the petitioner.

B. Ann Keith, Assistant Attorney General, Hagatna, Guam, for the respondent.

OPINION

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Anthony Duenas Santos seeks review of his conviction in the Guam Superior Court on charges of aggravated murder and possession and use of a deadly weapon. His convictions were affirmed by the Guam Supreme Court. This appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

The Guam Superior Court had original jurisdiction pursu- ant to 7 GUAM CODE ANN. § 3105. The Guam Supreme Court had jurisdiction pursuant to 7 GUAM CODE ANN. § 3107(b). Santos timely filed his…

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