Edwards

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

THOMAS FRANCIS EDWARDS, 

Petitioner-Appellant, No. 05-99001 v. ROBERT L. AYERS, JR.,* Warden,  D.C. No.

CV-93-07151-CJC

California State Prison at San

OPINION

Quentin, Respondent-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 26, 2007—Portland, Oregon

Filed September 9, 2008

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Barry G. Silverman, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Schroeder

*Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2), Robert L. Ayers, Jr., the current custodian, is substituted for Jill Brown as Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin.

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COUNSEL

Joseph Schlesinger, Sacramento, California, for the petitioner- appellant.

Garrett Beaumont, San Diego, California, for the respondent- appellee. EDWARDS v. AYERS 12483

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Overview

This is a death penalty appeal by California state prisoner, and crack marksman, Thomas Francis Edwards.…