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WOOD v. RYAN

No. 08-99003.

693 F.3d 1104 (2012)

Joseph Rudolph WOOD, III, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles L. RYAN, interim Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 10, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie S. Hall (argued), Law Offices of Julie S. Hall, Oracle, AZ; and Kevin C. Lerch , Law Office of Kevin C. Lerch, Tucson, AZ, for petitioner-appellant Joseph Rudolph Wood, III.

Terry Goddard , Attorney General; Kent Cattani (argued), Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section; and Amy Pignatella Cain , Assistant Attorney General, Tucson, AZ, for respondents-appellees Charles L. Ryan et al.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, RONALD M. GOULD, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

Joseph R. Wood III, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition challenging his state convictions for murder and aggravated assault and the imposition of the death penalty. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.

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