Mark Paul Henderson, Plaintiff-Petitioner v. State of Washington, Defendant-Respondent

959 F.2d 240 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Mark Paul HENDERSON, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. STATE of Washington, Defendant-Respondent. No. 91-35483. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 6, 1992. * Decided April 10, 1992. Before JAMES R. BROWNING, EUGENE A. WRIGHT and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Henderson filed a habeas corpus petition to challenge his conviction for second degree murder of his girlfriend's 23-month-old-daughter, Kendall. He contends that the admission of testimony about his previous beating of the child violated due process. He also contends that his trial was tainted by juror, police and prosecutorial misconduct and that his counsel was ineffective. The district court granted summary judgment to the state, finding the petition meritless. We affirm. 3 * At his second trial, two of Henderson's Boeing co-workers testified that they had a conversation with him about eight months before Kendall's death.…