SUMNER v. MATA

No. A-882 (79-1601).

446 U.S. 1302 (1980)

100 S.Ct. 1630

64 L.Ed.2d 216

SUMNER, WARDEN v. MATA

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 1, 1980.


MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice.

Applicant seeks to stay the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit under which a writ of habeas corpus would issue unless the State of California grants respondent Robert Mata a new trial on the charge of murder. See Mata v. Sumner, 611 F.2d 754 (1979). On April 15, 1980, I temporarily stayed that mandate pending consideration of a response to the application...

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