Norman Wayne Willhoite v. Daniel B. Vasquez Attorney General of the State of California, Philip James Syzemore v. Robert M. Rees, Superintendent, Deuel Vocational Institution Attorney General of the State of California

921 F.2d 247 Norman Wayne WILLHOITE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Daniel B. VASQUEZ; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. Philip James SYZEMORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert M. REES, Superintendent, Deuel Vocational Institution; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. Nos. 89-15801, 89-15829. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 7, 1990 * . Decided Dec. 27, 1990. Fern M. Laethem and Sandra Gillies, Public Defenders, Sacramento, Cal., for petitioners-appellants. Raymond L. Brosterhous II, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., for respondents-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Norman Wayne Willhoite and Philip James Syzemore ("petitioners"), two California state prisoners, appeal the denial of their petitions for writs of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 . Petitioners argue they were denied due process in their state court trial by the prosecution's failure to disclose part of a plea agreement with a prosecution witness, by the prosecutor's failure to correct what petitioners contend was…