THOMAS v. LEWIS

No. 90-16585.

945 F.2d 1119 (1991)

Carl Anthony THOMAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Anthony Thomas, Florence, Ariz., for petitioner-appellant.

Diane M. Ramsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for respondents-appellees.

Before CHOY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, District Judge.


KELLEHER, District Judge:

Thomas appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and the district court's subsequent denial of his motion to vacate the dismissal. For reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I. FACTS

In a 1971 bench trial in Arizona state court, Thomas was found guilty of first-degree rape and assault with a deadly weapon.1 Thomas appealed the convictions and sentences. The...

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