WASHINGTON v. SHINN

No. 05-99009.

21 F.4th 1081 (2021)

Theodore WASHINGTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. David SHINN, Director, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel C. Love (argued) and Grace L.W. St. Vicent , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Jean-Claude André , Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California; Gilbert H. Levy , The Law Offices of Gilbert H. Levy, Seattle, Washington; Mark E. Haddad , University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, California; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Laura P. Chiasson (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Capital Litigation Section; Lacey Stover Gard , Deputy Solicitor General/Chief of Capital Litigation; Mark Brnovich , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Tucson, Arizona; for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Arizona state prisoner Theodore Washington appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In 1987, a jury convicted Washington for the murder of Sterleen Hill and the attempted murder of Ralph Hill, and the trial court judge sentenced him to...

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