United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied over his challenges that he was subjected to double jeopardy in violation of the Fifth Amendment and that his counsel was ineffective at trial for abandoning the double jeopardy claim and failing to raise it on appeal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/03/2003
• Decided 08/06/2004
• Published 08/09/2004

Judges

• Before ALARCON, FERGUSON, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donnal S. Mixon, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Medford, OR, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy A. Sylwester, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, OR, for the respondent-appellee.