HINOJOS v. BLACK

No. 71-1939.

462 F.2d 621 (1972)

Angel Ramos HINOJOS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William G. BLACK, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale E. Wood (argued), of Britt & Wood, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Angel Ramos Hinojos, in pro. per.

Ira J. Ross, San Francisco, Cal., for respondent-appellee.

Before ELY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and SHARP, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

A California prisoner serving a manslaughter sentence appeals from a judgment denying habeas corpus relief which he sought on the ground that juror misconduct had denied him a fair trial. We affirm.

Post-trial affidavits revealed that two jurors, during deliberation, expressed their belief that the prisoner had been involved in other local episodes involving dangerous assaults, but not mentioned in the evidence. The two jurors who "went outside...

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