United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for leave to file a second and successive habeas petition in a death penalty case is denied where none of petitioner's newly raised claims has merit.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/16/2008
• Decided 02/02/2009
• Published 02/02/2009

Judges

• Before DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, SUSAN P. GRABER, and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ashley J. McDonald, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, and John E. Charland, Phoenix, AZ, argued the cause for the appellant and submitted briefs.  Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender, and Dale A. Baich, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, were on the briefs.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Pressley Todd, Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, argued the cause for the appellee and submitted a brief.  Terry Goddard, Attorney General, and Kent E. Cattani, Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, were on the brief.