Anthony Tony Harris v. Samuel Lewis, Attorney General of the State of Arizona

892 F.2d 1046 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Anthony Tony HARRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel LEWIS, Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Respondents-Appellees. No. 88-15611. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 22, 1989. * Decided Dec. 14, 1989. Before JAMES R. BROWNING, KOZINSKI and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Harris was convicted of the crime of first degree burglary (burglary while armed with a deadly weapon). He claims that he stole the weapon and removed it from the residence along with other items of property, therefore the weapon was "loot" and he was not "armed" within the Arizona first-degree burglary statute. For that reason he contends that the trial court's failure to instruct on the meaning of "armed" was a fundamental error which violated his right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. 3 A petitioner challenging the correctness of jury instructions is not entitled to federal habeas…