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EDWARDS v. AYERS

No. 05-99001.

542 F.3d 759 (2008)

Thomas Francis EDWARDS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert L. AYERS, Jr., Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 9, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Schlesinger, Sacramento, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.

Garrett Beaumont, San Diego, CA, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Overview

This is a death penalty appeal by California state prisoner, and crack marksman, Thomas Francis Edwards. Edwards' disturbed behavior and mental problems were apparent from early childhood. Expelled from numerous residential schools, he was committed to Maryland's Patuxent Institution For Defective Delinquents at the age of nineteen and was confined there for fourteen years. More than a decade of psychological treatment...

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