Donald Allen Young, III v. Dave Paskett, Warden

972 F.2d 1348 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Donald Allen YOUNG, III, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dave PASKETT, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. No. 91-36011. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 10, 1991. * Decided July 16, 1992. Before ALARCON, RYMER and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Donald Allen Young III, a state prisoner, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Young requests review of his conviction because he asserts that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment. 3 We affirm because we conclude that Young has not demonstrated that his counsel's performance at trial fell below an objective standard of reasonableness. I. DISCUSSION 4 Young contends that his representation at his state murder trial was constitutionally deficient because his counsel did not present Young's voluntary intoxication as a defense and failed to object to the…