Woods

In 1997, a Washington jury found Dwayne A. Woods guilty of two counts of aggravated murder in the first degree, one count of attempted murder in the first degree, and one count of attempting to elude a police vehicle. After two days of deliberation, the jury sentenced Woods to death. The Washington State Supreme Court upheld his conviction and sentence, State v. Woods, 143 Wash.2d 561 , 23 P.3d 1046 (2001), and denied his petition for post-conviction relief, In re Woods, 154 Wash.2d 400 , 114 P.3d 607 (2005). Woods then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court, which was denied. Woods appeals the denial of habeas relief, contending that (1) he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to represent himself, (2) the state court’s admission of certain evidence violated the Confrontation Clause, (3) the State withheld material, exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 , 83 S.Ct. 1194 , 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), and (4) his trial counsel’s representation was ineffective. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

I. THE CRIME

On Friday, April 26, 1996, Telisha Shaver was house-sitting at her aunt’s trailer…