Gerald O. Quirama v. Robert Michele, Superintendent, Eastern Correctional Facility

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Gerald Quirama appeals from Judge Stanton’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In the petition, Quirama challenged his state convictions and concurrent sentences as unconstitutional. Specifically, he argued that: (i) an instruction on accomplice liability was constitutionally defective; (ii) the mandatory minimum sentence was unconstitutionally long; and (iii) the prosecution failed to prove guilt by constitutionally sufficient evidence. Because the first two claims are procedurally barred and the third lacks merit, we affirm.

In 1985, Quirama was tried…