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    William Kirkpatrick, Jr. - California Death Row


    William Kirkpatrick


    Facts of the Crime:

    Sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on August 14, 1984 for killing two workers at a Burbank Taco Bell on September 17, 1983. L. Wayne Hunter, 27, and James Falconio, 16, were each shot once in the head with a .22-caliber bullet, and $625 was missing from the safe and cash register. An accomplice, Eddie Salazar, was convicted of first-degree murder and received a sentence of 25 years to life. Kirkpatrick‘s criminal record before that consisted of misdemeanor convictions for drunken driving and receiving stolen property.

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    On February 17, 2010, Kirkpatrick filed an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit over the denial of his habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir.../ca9/10-55233/

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    On January 21, 2014, Kirkpatrick filed an appeal again before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir...s/ca9/14-99001

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    On August 3, 2016, oral argument will be heard in Kirkpatrick's appeal before the Ninth Circuit.

    http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calendar...=1-5&year=2016

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    Kirkpatrick's Ninth Circuit panel was made up of Judges Reinhardt (Carter), Kozinski (Reagan) and Wardlaw (Clinton).

    http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calendar...9-31&year=2016

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    On February 17, 2017, oral argument will be heard again in Kirkpatrick's appeal before the Ninth Circuit.

    http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calendar...3-17&year=2017

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    The panel was made up of Judges Reinhardt (Carter), Kozinski (Reagan) and Wardlaw (Clinton). Yet again, Reinhardt ends up on a capital habeas panel! Three-judge panels are supposed to be selected on an entirely random basis.

    http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calendar...3-17&year=2017

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    Reinhardt strikes again!

    On October 10, 2017, the Ninth Circuit VACATED the Federal District Court’s order dismissing for lack of exhaustion claims in Kirkpatrick’s habeas corpus petition challenging his murder conviction and death sentence, and remanded to the district court so that it may adjudicate those claims on the merits. Judge Kozinski dissented.

    http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastor...0/14-99001.pdf

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    On December 10, 2018, oral argument will be re-heard in Kirkpatrick's appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The panel will now be made up of Judges Wardlaw (Clinton), Bea (G.W. Bush) and Christen (Obama).

    https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calenda...7-21&year=2018

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    In today's opinions, the Ninth Circuit DENIED Kirkpatrick's appeal.

    http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastor...3/14-99001.pdf

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