Lenhard v. Wolff

603 F.2d 91 CA 79-3171 Kirk B. LENHARD and George E. Franzen, Clark County Deputy Public Defenders, Individually and as next friends acting on behalf of Jesse Walter Bishop, Petitioners, v. Charles WOLFF, Warden, Nevada State Prison System, and Richard Lippold, Warden, Maximum Security Unit, Respondents. No. 79-2632. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Aug. 24, 1979. Anthony G. Amsterdam, Stanford, Cal., argued, for petitioners. Edwin E. Taylor, Jr., Carson City, Nev., argued, for respondents. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before WRIGHT, SNEED and HUG, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 The emergency application for a stay of execution of the sentence of death imposed upon Jesse Walter Bishop presently set for Monday, August 27, 1979 is denied and the appeal from the denial of the writ of habeas corpus is dismissed. Messrs. Lenhard and Franzen, Deputy Public Defenders of Clark County, Nevada, attempting to appear as next friend acting on behalf of Bishop, filed the application for the stay and the appeal. 2 Jesse Bishop, proceeding in propria persona, pleaded guilty to nine felony charges including murder and was sentenced to death…