Erick Orlando Locks v. G.W. Sumner, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Erick Locks appeals the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. He argues that his California conviction on two counts of murder is constitutionally tainted for three reasons: (1) The state trial judge improperly asked the jury foreman about the results of the jury’s balloting; (2) his Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated by the refusal of the trial judge to appoint advisory counsel; and (3) the trial court failed to suppress illegally seized evidence, firm. We af-

I. BACKGROUND

In 1976, Locks pled not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder…