SMITH v. PLILER

No. C 01-4185 VRW.

280 F.Supp.2d 990 (2003)

Keith Lamont SMITH, Petitioner, v. Cheryl PLILER, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

August 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David McNeil Morse, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.

Catherine A. Rivlin, Michael E. Banister, CA State Attorney General's Office, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.


ORDER.

WALKER, District Judge.

Petitioner Keith Lamont Smith seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 USC § 2254. Smith claims that "the trial court erroneously allowed the jury to consider as evidence of guilt numerous unsworn hearsay statements allegedly made by the [murder] victim." Doc. # 1 at 3. Smith also contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney "failed to object to hearsay statements * * * that were...

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