Frank Loher v. Todd Thomas

OPINION

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a state appellate court unreasonably applied Supreme Court precedent in upholding a conviction and resulting sentence against a claim that the petitioner was forced to testify in violation of his rights to remain silent and to due process.

I

Petitioner Frank O. Loher was convicted in Hawaii state court of attempted sexual assault and given an extended-term sentence, all of which was affirmed on appeal.1 He subsequently filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. Because his claims relate to matters of trial…