United States Ninth Circuit

Failure to raise an ineffective assistance of counsel claim on direct appeal under Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2 will not bar raising the issue in a federal habeas petition if the claim could not be determined from the trial record.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/17/2000
• Decided 03/06/2001
• Published 03/06/2001

Judges

• FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  FERGUSON, REINHARDT, and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David P. Tiers, Tucson, Arizona, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott A. Bales, Solicitor General, Phoenix, Arizona, for the respondent-appellee.