United States Ninth Circuit

In a capital habeas matter, the denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) although defense counsel inadequately investigated the facts of the case before allowing petitioner to plead guilty, petitioner did not establish that he was prejudiced by his lawyer's representation; 2) non-character, non-circumstance evidence need not factor into the constitutionality of a death sentence; and 3) petitioner failed to develop his claim of judicial bias sufficiently to warrant an evidentiary hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/05/2010
• Published 03/05/2010

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• United States Ninth Circuit

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