United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a death penalty case is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) prosecutorial misconduct by vouching for one witness and implying that another witness was scared of petitioner; and 2) ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/10/2007
• Decided 08/11/2008
• Published 08/11/2008

Judges

• KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:, Before:  ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel D. Maynard, Maynard, Cronin, Erickson, Curran & Sparks, P.L.C., Phoenix, AZ, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John P. Todd, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellee.