Smith v. Mitchell
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
SHIRLEY REE SMITH, No. 04-55831 Petitioner-Appellant, v. D.C. No.
CV-01-04484-ABC
DEBORAH L. PATRICK,* Warden,
OPINION
Respondent-Appellee. On Remand from the United States Supreme Court
Filed December 4, 2007
Before: Harry Pregerson and William C. Canby, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Edward C. Reed, Jr.,** District Judge.
Per Curiam Opinion
*Deborah L. Patrick is substituted for her predecessor, Gwendolyn Mitchell, as Warden. Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2). **The Honorable Edward C. Reed, Jr., Senior United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, sitting by designation.
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COUNSEL
Michael J. Brennan, Manhattan Beach, California, for the petitioner-appellant.
Kristofer Jorstad, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the respondent-appellee. 15898 SMITH v. PATRICK
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
Shirley Ree Smith was convicted in California state court of assault on a child resulting in death. The state court of appeal affirmed her conviction, and the California Supreme Court…