William Dennis v. Ron Broomfield

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 28 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILLIAM MICHAEL DENNIS, No. 18-99008

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 4:98-cv-21027-JST

v.

MEMORANDUM*

RONALD BROOMFIELD, Warden of San Quentin State Prison,

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Jon S. Tigar, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 22, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

In 1988, a California jury found William Michael Dennis guilty of first-degree

murder of his former wife Doreen Erbert and second-degree murder of Doreen’s

eight-month fetus. The jury returned a verdict of death on the first-degree murder

count, and the trial court sentenced Dennis to death. The California Supreme Court

affirmed Dennis’s conviction and sentence, People v. Dennis, 950 P.2d 1035 (Cal.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1998), and the…