United States Ninth Circuit

Affirmed. The district court denied defendant’s habeas corpus petition challenging his capital sentence. The California Supreme Court, along with the panel, rejected defendant’s argument that his counsel was deficient for failing to discover evidence of mental impairments and abusive conduct of defendant’s mother.

Appellate Information

• Published 2019/08/09

Judges

• Clifton

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel