United States Ninth Circuit

In an appeal of denial of petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on defense counsel’s claimed ineffective assistance of counsel based on the failure to object to the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges to strike six Hispanic venirepersons, the District Court's denial of the ineffective assistance of counsel claim is affirmed where petitioner failed to present evidence sufficient to overcome the strong presumption that counsel’s performance was reasonable, as set out in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/04/2011
• Published 10/04/2011

Judges

• Bea

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen B. Bedrick, Edmund G. Brown