United States Ninth Circuit

Overwhelming evidence that defendant killed victim's children after killing the victim was sufficient to show first-degree murder of children, so counsel's failure to seek lesser-included-offense instructions for second-degree murder did not prejudice petitioner.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/20/2000
• Decided 07/09/2001
• Published 07/09/2001

Judges

• Before:  JAMES R. BROWNING, RYMER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert B. Amidon, Burbank, California, David L. Bernstein, Studio City, California, and William M. McGuigan, Chula Vista, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, California, for the respondent-appellee.