Court refuses to step into custody dispute

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to step into a lesbian custody dispute between a woman who has renounced her homosexuality and her onetime partner.

The justices on Monday turned down an appeal from Lisa Miller, the biological mother of an 8-year-old girl. Miller wanted the court to undo a Virginia court decision allowing Janet Jenkins visitation rights with the girl.

Jenkins is from Vermont. Miller is from Virginia. They were joined in a civil union in Vermont in 2000. Their daughter has been the subject of a long-running legal fight.

Miller has renounced her homosexuality. She and her daughter did not appear for a court-ordered custody swap in January. Their whereabouts are unknown.

The case is Miller v. Jenkins, 10-177.

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Supreme Court won’t stop new sentencing hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t stop a new sentencing hearing for a man sentenced to death for the shotgun slaying of a Yuma, Ariz. woman.

The high court on Monday turned down appeals from Arizona officials in Fred Lawrence Robinson’s case.

Sterleen Hill was killed when two men claiming to be narcotics officers burst into her Yuma home, tied her up and shot her in the back

Robinson was accused of masterminding the plan.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Robinson’s death sentence. Judges said Robinson did not have an effective lawyer and that the courts arbitrarily said the crime was committed in “cruel, heinous or depraved manner.”

The case is Ryan v. Robinson, 10-34.

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