Morris

883 F.2d 1023 Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Robert Taylor CLEVELAND, Petitioner--Appellee, v. Paul J. MORRIS, Warden; Attorney General, State of California, et al, Respondents--Appellant No. 88-6490. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 6, 1989. Decided Aug. 17, 1989. Before HUG, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Robert Taylor Cleveland was convicted in state court under Cal.Penal Code Sec. 209(b) for kidnapping for the purpose of robbery and sentenced to a life term with the possibility of parole. The State of California appeals the district court's grant of Cleveland's petition under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 (1982) for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court concluded that the state court's denial of Cleveland's motion to proceed pro se in his criminal trial violated his sixth amendment right of self-representation. We affirm. 3 * According to the doctrine of law…