9th Cir.
10-99020
The court of appeals reversed in part and affirmed in part a district court’s denial of a habeas corpus petition. The court held that an Arizona capital defendant suffered prejudicial Ring error where a trial court imposed a death sentence after failing to find a mitigating factor regarding the defendant’s capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or conform it to the requirements of the law, where it was impossible to conclude in light of all the evidence that no rational jury could have found the factor.
