Robin Sherwood v. George Neotti

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 25 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBIN LEE SHERWOOD, No. 20-55636

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 5:11-cv-01728-CJC-PLA v.

GEORGE A. NEOTTI, Warden, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 7, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: GRABER and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and ZOUHARY,** District Judge.

Robin Sherwood is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty mid-trial to an

Indictment charging him with special-circumstance murder, attempted robbery, and

burglary. He filed a federal habeas Petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, asserting his

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Jack Zouhary, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, sitting by designation. trial counsel was ineffective for failing to…