Michael M. Montelongo v. B.J. Bunnell, Warden John Van De Kamp, California Attorney General

967 F.2d 588 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Michael M. MONTELONGO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. B.J. BUNNELL, Warden; John Van De Kamp, California Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees. No. 91-55835. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 25, 1992. * Decided July 6, 1992. Before FLETCHER, LEAVY and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Michael M. Montelongo, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 42 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his convictions and sentences for forcible oral copulation and forcible rape. We review de novo, Robbins v. Christianson, 904 F.2d 492, 494 (9th Cir.1990), and we affirm. 3 Montelongo contends the state trial court erred by admitting for purposes of impeachment evidence of two prior convictions. Montelongo claims that in admitting the evidence of the prior convictions, the trial court misapplied Cal.Evid.Code § 352 and abused its…