In Re Vicente Benavides Figueroa on Habeas Corpus.

Summary

The California Supreme Court granted habeas relief after concluding that repudiated and medically unsupported expert testimony constituted false evidence that materially affected the sexual-offense convictions, special-circumstance findings, murder conviction, and death judgment. Because the record and the respondent's concessions established the material facts without disputed issues requiring an evidentiary hearing, the court vacated the judgment in its entirety rather than reducing the murder conviction to second degree. No separate opinions were filed.