HALL v. SUMNER

No. 81-4343.

682 F.2d 786 (1982)

Preston HALL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. George W. SUMNER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Goodman, Topel & Goodman, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

J. Patrick Collins, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent-appellee.

Before KILKENNY and HUG, Circuit Judges, BROWN, District Judge.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

Preston Hall appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In the district court, he pointed to ten separate instances of conduct by his trial attorney that he believed showed ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court denied his petition without a hearing.

On appeal, Hall limits his ineffective assistance claim to trial counsel's failure to investigate various aspects of the case...

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