United States Ninth Circuit

District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from multiple murder convictions and a sentence of death are affirmed where: 1) on the issue of prosecutorial misconduct, there was no fundamental unfairness to defendant and no due process violation; and 2) on the related ineffective assistance of counsel claims, the prejudice prong of Strickland is not satisfied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2012
• Published 08/16/2012

Judges

• Gould

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel