DIXON v. RYAN

No. 16-99006.

932 F.3d 789 (2019)

Clarence Wayne DIXON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles L. RYAN, Warden, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections; Ron Credio, Warden, Arizona State Prison-Eyman Complex, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Kay Harms (argued) and Amanda C. Bass , Assistant Federal Public Defenders; Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Arizona; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Myles A. Braccio (argued) and John Pressley Todd , Assistant Attorneys General; Lacey Stover Gard , Chief Counsel; Mark Brnovich , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona; for Respondents-Appellees.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Susan P. Graber and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges


OPINION

An Arizona jury convicted Clarence Wayne Dixon of the 1977 murder of Deana Bowdoin and imposed the death penalty. Dixon appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We...

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