Neil E. Darrow v. Warden Gunn

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

This case comes to this court for a second time following the district court’s denial of Darrow’s petition for habeas corpus. We vacated the district court’s denial of the petition and remanded the case when it was first before us, Darrow v. Gunn, 551 F.2d 312 (9th Cir. 1977) (unpublished memorandum). On this second appeal, we find that the district court did not err in refusing Darrow’s petition on remand. We therefore affirm. .

I. Statement of the Case

On July 16, 1973, Darrow pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in state court to charges of first degree…