1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 632 F.3d
  5. 632 F.3d 612 (2011)
 

FAIRBANK v. AYERS

No. 08-99018.

632 F.3d 612 (2011)

Robert Green FAIRBANK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert L. AYERS, Jr., Warden for California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 15, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Raymond Drozdowski , Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant.

Nanette Sue Winaker , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the appellee.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

Robert Green Fairbank, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his guilty plea and capital sentence for murder. Fairbank alleges trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by: (1) failing to investigate and present mitigating evidence; (2) presenting allegedly prejudicial and aggravating information; (3) advising Fairbank to plead guilty...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases