P. Freeman Lazor v. Eddie Ylst, Warden James Rowland, Director

967 F.2d 587 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. P. Freeman LAZOR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Eddie YLST, Warden; James Rowland, Director, Respondents-Appellees. No. 91-16197. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 13, 1992. Decided June 4, 1992. As Corrected July 9, 1992. Before CHAMBERS, SCHROEDER and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Freeman Lazor appeals pro se from the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition challenging his murder conviction. He alleges that his rights under the fifth, sixth and fourteenth amendments were violated by errors in the state court jury trial in which he was convicted of second degree murder with the use of a handgun. 3 Lazor was charged with murdering John Allred under circumstances which strongly suggested deliberate and premeditated action. His defense at trial was that Allred had attacked him with a BB gun and he had fired (five shots in the back and head)…