Scott v. Cain

PER CURIAM: *

Pro se Petitioner-Appellant Elliot Scott, pursuant to a Certificate of Appealability issued by this court, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Scott contends that a state trial court denied his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In 1997, Scott was convicted, after a bench trial, of simple robbery in violation of La.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 14:65. The Louisi ana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal summarized the underlying facts in its opinion affirming the conviction:

On January 19, 1997, Elliott Seott (a/k/a…