MENZIES v. POWELL

No. 19-4042.

52 F.4th 1178 (2022)

Ralph Leroy MENZIES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert POWELL, Warden of the Utah State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed November 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsey Layer , Assistant Federal Public Defender ( Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender, and Eric Zuckerman , Assistant Federal Public Defender, with her on the briefs), Phoenix, Arizona, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Erin Riley , Assistant Solicitor General ( Sean D. Reyes , Utah Attorney General, Andrew F. Peterson and Aaron G. Murphy , Assistant Solicitors General, with her on the briefs), Salt Lake City Utah, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HARTZ, BACHARACH, and EID, Circuit Judges.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Mr. Menzies's Murder Conviction and Sentence 1193

2. Appellate and Post-Conviction Proceedings 1194

3. Federal Habeas Proceedings 1195

4. Standard of Review 1195

5. The Utah Supreme Court reasonably rejected Mr. Menzies's claims of ineffective assistance of...

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