Martin Fong v. Charles Ryan

Opinion by Judge TIMLIN; Dissent by Judge SCHROEDER.

OPINION

TIMLIN, District Judge:

Arizona state prisoner Martín Raul Fong Soto (“Petitioner” or “Fong”)1 appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his jury convictions of murder, robbery and attempt, and aggravated robbery and attempt arising from a triple homicide. A separate jury convicted Petitioner’s codefendants, Christopher McCrimmon (“McCrimmon”) and Andre Minnitt (“Minnitt”), of similar charges in later prosecutions brought by the same prosecutor in Petitioner’s case. However,…