Legal Opinion
Victor Trillo v. Martin Biter
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 6, 2014No. 11-15463PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
OPINION
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
After Victor Trillo was convicted of second-degree murder by a trial court of the State of California, his conviction affirmed by the California Court of Appeal, and his state collateral remedies exhausted, he filed this habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied the petition. Trillo appealed. We granted a certificate of appealability on three issues: “(1) whether the prosecutor [in Tril-lo’s trial] committed prejudicial misconduct during closing argument; (2) whether trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for…
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