MARTINEAU v. ANGELONE

No. 93-15955.

25 F.3d 734 (1994)

Paula MARTINEAU & Georganna Lagen, aka King, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Ron ANGELONE, Director of Prisons; Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General for the State of Nevada, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Beatty, Las Vegas, NV, for petitioner-appellant Martineau, Aubrey Goldberg, Greenberg, Goldberg, Raby & Martinez, Las Vegas, NV, for petitioner-appellant Lagen.

William P. Henry, Deputy Atty. Gen., Las Vegas, NV, for respondents-appellees.

Before: GOODWIN, NORRIS and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge GOODWIN

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Paula Martineau and Georganna Lagen, Nevada state prisoners, appeal the denial of their petitions for writs of habeas corpus. A Nevada state jury convicted them of involuntary manslaughter and child abuse following the death of Lagen's 27-month-old daughter, Michelle. The Nevada Supreme Court reversed the manslaughter conviction for insufficient evidence, finding that the state had not proven that either appellant...

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