United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of habeas relief in an attempted first degree murder case is affirmed where a California court's decision not to apply certain case precedent, dealing with improper prosecutorial reference to a defendant's invocation of his Miranda rights, to petitioner's competency hearing was not "contrary to" federal law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/24/2006
• Decided 02/09/2007
• Published 02/09/2007

Judges

• BEA, Circuit Judge., Before EUGENE E. SILER, JR.,TASHIMA, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Allen Bloom, San Diego, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kevin Vienna, Deputy Attorney General, Lise Jacobsen, Deputy Attorney General, Quisteen S. Shum, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for the respondents-appellees.