Maxwell Hoffman v. A.J. Arave, Warden

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Maxwell Hoffman (“Hoffman”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which he claims, inter alia, that the district court erred in finding that: (1) Idaho Code § 19-2719 was an adequate and independent state law ground to support the state court’s judgment that petitioner had defaulted his ineffective assistance of counsel claims; (2) petitioner’s due process rights were not violated by the state trial court’s refusal to allow petitioner’s attorney to be present at the presentence interview conducted by the state probation…