SANDERS v. WOODFORD

No. 01-99017.

373 F.3d 1054 (2004)

Ronald L. SANDERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jeanne S. WOODFORD, Warden, of California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina Rivkind, Berkeley, CA, and Eric E. Jorstad, Faegre & Benson, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for the Petitioner-Appellant.

Jane N. Kirkland, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the Respondent-Appellee.

Before: D.W. NELSON, KLEINFELD and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


FISHER, Circuit Judge:

Convicted of murder and sentenced to death, Ronald Sanders appeals the district court's denial of his federal habeas petition, challenging both his conviction and his death sentence. We hold that the district court correctly rejected Sanders' claim that the jury that convicted him was drawn from a jury venire that unconstitutionally failed to reflect the number of Hispanics in Kern County, where he was tried. We conclude, however, that Sanders...

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