Lester Gamble v. George Deeds, Warden, Southern Desert Correctional Center and Attorney General of the State of Nevada

956 F.2d 1166 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lester GAMBLE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. George DEEDS, Warden, Southern Desert Correctional Center; and Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Respondents-Appellees. No. 90-16842. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 28, 1992. * Decided March 5, 1992. Before CHOY, SNEED and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lester Gamble, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. Finding no merit to his contentions, we affirm the district court's denial of the petition. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 3 In 1988, a jury in Nevada state court convicted Gamble of selling cocaine, and the trial court sentenced him to twelve years in prison. Before trial Gamble moved several times to represent himself and to have his appointed counsel remain at trial as co-counsel. The trial court questioned Gamble about his request…