GROTEMEYER v. HICKMAN

No. 02-17150.

393 F.3d 871 (2004)

Gregory GROTEMEYER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rodney HICKMAN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Horgan, Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA, for the appellant.

Christopher W. Grove, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the appellee.

Before: GOODWIN and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and JONES District Judge.


KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

We review the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The most substantial issue is whether there was juror misconduct that would entitle the petitioner to a new trial.

Facts

The facts in this case are peculiar, at least to our eyes, to the point of being seriously bizarre. That the facts are bizarre is significant to our analysis.

The victim of the crimes was a young woman who had just moved into an apartment in San...

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