SESSOMS v. RUNNELS

No. 08-17790.

650 F.3d 1276 (2011)

Tio Dinero SESSOMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. D.L. RUNNELS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Weaver (argued), Albany, CA, for petitioner-appellant Tio Dinero Sessoms.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General of California, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charles A. French, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey D. Firestone (argued), Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for respondent-appellee D.L. Runnels.

Before: BETTY B. FLETCHER, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-Appellant Tio Dinero Sessoms, a California prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition challenging his California felony murder conviction. He argues predominately that he unequivocally asserted his right to counsel when he asked Sacramento homicide detectives whether he had a right to an attorney and subsequently told those detectives that his father had asked him to inquire about...

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