Mata v. Ricketts

937 F.2d 467 Luis MATA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James G. RICKETTS, Attorney General of the State of Arizona; Samuel Lewis, Director ADOC; Lloyd Bramlett, Warden, ASPC-F; John Avenenti, Deputy Warden, ASU, Respondents-Appellees. No. 87-1731. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submission Deferred June 16, 1988. Resubmitted Without Further Argument Feb. 1, 1991 1 . Decided July 1, 1991. Baron L. Miller, Miller & Miller, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner-appellant. Jack Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for respondents-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before CHOY, GOODWIN and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 Luis Morine Mata appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus following his conviction and exhaustion of state remedies in this capital murder case from Arizona. See State v. Mata, 125 Ariz. 233 , 609 P.2d 48 , cert. denied, 449 U.S. 938 , 101 S.Ct. 338 , 66 L.Ed.2d 161 (1980). 2 The principal question before us is whether a new Supreme Court decision announced after the exhaustion of state remedies and after the conclusion of proceedings before the district court…