STYERS v. SCHRIRO

No. 07-99003.

547 F.3d 1026 (2008)

James Lynn STYERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dora B. SCHRIRO, Arizona Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cary Sandman of Waterfall Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw & Villamana, Amy Beth Krauss, Tucson, AZ, for the petitioner-appellant.

Terry Goddard, Attorney General, and Jeffrey A. Zick, Kent Cattani and J.D. Nielsen, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, JEROME FARRIS and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

James Lynn Styers, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition, challenging his conviction and death sentence for conspiracy, first degree murder, and kidnaping. We affirm the district court on all counts, except Styers' claim that the Arizona Supreme Court failed to fulfill its obligations under Clemons v. Mississippi,

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