Paula Martineau & Georganna Lagen, AKA King v. Ron Angelone, Director of Prisons Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General for the State of Nevada

Opinion by Judge GOODWIN

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Paula Martineau and Georganna Lagen, Nevada state prisoners, appeal the denial of their petitions for writs of habeas corpus. A Nevada state jury convicted them of involuntary manslaughter and child abuse following the death of Lagen’s 27-month-old daughter, Michelle. The Nevada Supreme Court reversed the manslaughter conviction for insufficient evidence, finding that the state had not proven that either appellant injured Michelle or aided and abetted the other in doing so. King v. State, 105 Nev. 373, 784 P.2d 942 (1989) (per curium). However,…