John Graham v. Darin Young

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

John Graham was extradited from Canada and then convicted of felony murder in violation of South Dakota Codified Laws §§ 22-16-9 and 22-19-1. The state courts upheld his conviction on direct appeal and denied post-conviction relief. Graham filed a petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus, asserting various claims. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . The district court 1 denied relief but granted a certificate of appealability on Graham's claim that his conviction violated the "dual criminality" provision of the Treaty on Extradition between the United States of America and Canada…