Sudan Jones v. Debra Dexter

MEMORANDUM

Sudan Jones appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his habeas petition chal lenging his convictions for two counts of rape and two counts of lewd acts upon a child. Jones claims he received ineffective assistance of counsel (“IAC”) because his trial counsel failed to adequately investigate and present his alibi defense, discouraged him from testifying, and presented an inadequate medical defense. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . We review de novo a district court’s denial of a habeas petition, Stanley v. Cullen, 633 F.3d 852, 859 (9th Cir.2011), and we affirm.

Based on a careful review of the record, we conclude Jones’s counsel’s performance was not constitutionally deficient. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). Even assuming Jones’s counsel was deficient, Jones has not shown the result of the proceedings would have differed but for his counsel’s unprofessional errors. See id. at 694 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 . The evidence against. Jones at trial, including the testimony of Sade M., Andrea Mosley, Samuel Mosley, Makisha Mosley, Ida Jordan, Jasmine Stiger, and Dr. Ticson, was compelling. Because…