ROGOVICH v. RYAN

No. 08-99015.

694 F.3d 1094 (2012)

Pete Carl ROGOVICH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles L. RYAN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Stone , Arizona Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, for the petitioner-appellant.

Julie Done , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Pete Carl Rogovich was convicted by an Arizona jury and sentenced to death for a 1992 killing spree in a Phoenix trailer park. His only defense at trial was insanity. He appeals the district court's denial of habeas relief on three principal claims, each of which we have certified for appeal. First, he claims that the state trial court should not have permitted his counsel to present an insanity defense without first establishing...

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