Legal Opinion
Surinder Bains v. Gomez, Director, Steve Cambra James H.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 2, 2000No. 98-17223PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*967Opinion by Judge CHOY; Concurrence by Judge SILVERMAN; Dissent by Judge CANBY.
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
California state prisoner Surinder Bains (“Bains”) appeals from the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition. Having been convicted of first degree murder with the attendant special circumstance that the murder had been committed after lying in wait, Bains filed his petition alleging violations of his due process, equal protection, Sixth Amendment, and Fifth Amendment rights. For the reasons below, we affirm the district court’s decision.
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