JEFFERS v. LEWIS

No. 86-1840.

974 F.2d 1075 (1992)

Jimmie Wayne JEFFERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Donald Wawrzaszek, Superintendent, Arizona State Prison, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Klein and Frank P. Leto, Deputy Public Defenders, Pima County Public Defender, Tucson, Ariz., for petitioner-appellant.

Paul J. McMurdie, Chief Counsel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., attorney for respondents-appellees.

Before: PREGERSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and WILSON, District Judge


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Jeffers was convicted of murder in Arizona state court and sentenced to death. After the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence, Jeffers petitioned the United States District Court for a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was denied, 627 F.Supp. 1334, and Jeffers appealed to this court. With regard to the issues raised by Jeffers's conviction, we affirmed the district court's decision...

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