LINCOLN v. SUNN

No. 85-1712.

807 F.2d 805 (1987)

John K. LINCOLN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Franklin Y.K. SUNN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Seitz, Honolulu, Hawaii, for petitioner-appellant.

Willard J. Peterson, Arthur F. Ross, Honolulu, Hawaii, for respondent-appellee.

Before SKOPIL, FLETCHER, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

John Lincoln appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus without an evidentiary hearing. He requests relief from a sentence of life imprisonment with possibility of parole and an additional term of twenty years. He contends that he was denied a fair trial as a result of impermissible prosecutorial comment during closing argument, juror bias, lack of fair notice, and restrictions on the use of evidence during...

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