FEATHERSTONE v. ESTELLE

No. 89-55090.

948 F.2d 1497 (1991)

Garry Vincent FEATHERSTONE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wayne E. ESTELLE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Deferred July 16, 1990.

Resubmitted October 24, 1991.

Decided October 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Rasmussen, Arcadia, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

Donald F. Roeschke, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent-appellee.

Before NORRIS, REINHARDT and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


TROTT, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner was convicted by a jury in a California court of rape, burglary, robbery, and attempted robbery. His application for a writ of habeas corpus was denied, and he appeals the denial pro se. He claims the state trial court committed prejudicial errors that deprived him of due process by: (1) admitting evidence of an uncharged, nine-year-old prior rape of another woman to prove identity with respect to current counts involving victim Gay...

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