United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's decision to grant habeas relief, on the ground that defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel and his plea was not knowing, voluntary and intelligent, is reversed where it erroneously disregarded the Washington state courts' factual findings and conclusions of law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/02/2004
• Decided 12/28/2004
• Published 12/28/2004

Judges

• BYBEE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  O'SCANNLAIN, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Douglas Weisser and John Joseph Samson, Office of the Washington Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for the appellant and cross-appellee James Blodgett., Patricia J. Arthur, Columbia Legal Services, Seattle, Washington;  Nancy D. Tenney and Laura Mate, Federal Public Defender's Office, Seattle, WA, for the appellee and cross-appellant Donald Eugene Lambert.