Legal Opinion
Alfred R. DYER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Arthur CALDERON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 5, 1997No. 95-99002PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
Dyer, a California state prisoner under sentence of death, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We affirm.
I
On November 8, 1980, Dyer (armed with a .38 caliber handgun), Michael Jackson (Dyer’s stepbrother), and Cleveland Ario (armed with a .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol) drove to the home of their friend, Belinda Murray. She lived in a two-level apartment in Oakland, California, along with her brother Floyd,…
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