United States Ninth Circuit

Failure of habeas petitioner to seek evidentiary hearings to resolve factual ambiguities on direct appeal for ineffective assistance of counsel claim results in an insufficient factual record.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/07/2000
• Decided 03/12/2001
• Published 03/12/2001

Judges

• GOULD, Circuit Judge:, Before:  O'SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Quin Denvir, Federal Defender;  Daniel J. Broderick, Chief Assistant Federal Defender;  Carolyn M. Wiggin, Staff Attorney;  Allison Claire, Assistant Federal Defender, Sacramento, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California;  David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General;  Robert R. Anderson, Senior Assistant Attorney General;  Arnold O. Overoye, Senior Assistant Attorney General;  Mathew Chan, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for the respondent-appellee.