United States Ninth Circuit

In a drug possession prosecution, denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where petitioner never raised a claim for unconstitutional denial of his right to self-representation -- i.e. to proceed without a lawyer -- on direct appeal in the state courts, nor in his state habeas petition, nor in his district court habeas petition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/02/2009
• Decided 12/09/2009
• Published 12/09/2009

Judges

• BEA, Circuit Judge:, Before:  RONALD M. GOULD and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges, and DONALD W. MOLLOY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jan B. Norman, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Blythe J. Leszkay and Colleen Mary Tiedemann, Deputy Attorneys General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent-appellee.