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MORRIS v. STATE OF CAL.

No. 90-56095.

945 F.2d 1456 (1991)

Karen Sue MORRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA; Ventura County Municipal Court; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Howard Siegel, Office of the General Counsel, Sec. Pacific Nat. Bank, Los Angeles, Cal., Pro-bono publico, for petitioner-appellant.

Michael D. Bradbury, Dist. Atty., County of Ventura, Michael D. Schwartz, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ventura, Cal., for respondents-appellees.

Before CHAMBERS, Senior Judge, and SCHROEDER and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Karen Sue Morris appeals the district court's denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In September 1985, Ms. Morris was convicted by a Ventura County Municipal Court jury on one count of being under the influence of cocaine in violation of California Health & Safety Code § 11550(a). She challenges this conviction on the ground that she received ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court had jurisdiction...

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