Brown v. Horell, et al., No. 09-16643 (9th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseAppellant, a state prisoner, sought a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254 where appellant was convicted in 2005 for first degree murder, attempted murder, and attempted robbery with enhancements for firearm use and prior convictions. At issue was whether the district court erred in denying appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus where his admissions were improperly admitted into evidence at trial and where the trial court's exclusion of expert testimony regarding the interrogation methods used by law enforcement at his interviews prevented him from presenting a complete defense. The court held that, under the "highly deferential standard" that the court must apply the state appellate court's determinations under AEDPA, appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was correctly denied where neither the state court's rulings on the constitutionality of the admission of appellant's confession nor the constitutionality of the exclusion of the expert's testimony were contrary to or an unreasonable application of clearly established Supreme Court law.
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.