United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a habeas petition challenging a conviction for offenses including murder and kidnapping and a death sentence is affirmed where: 1) petitioner received constitutionally sufficient assistance of counsel; 2) deliberations that are intrinsic to the jury process are not grounds for reversal; and 3) certain jail medical records in question were not Brady material. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/16/2006
• Decided 11/30/2006
• Published 11/30/2006

Judges

• Before: SILVERMAN, GRABER, and RCLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert D. Bacon, Oakland, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Violet M. Lee, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the respondent-appellee.