Edward Joseph Prokop v. Daniel B. Vasquez, Warden

979 F.2d 855 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Edward Joseph PROKOP, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Daniel B. VASQUEZ, Warden, et al., Respondents/Appellees. No. 91-55968. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 8, 1992. * Decided Nov. 19, 1992. Before JAMES R. BROWNING and FARRIS, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE, *** District Judge. Petitioner-Appellant, Edward J. Prokop, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his conviction and sentence for first degree murder. The district court denied the petition. Prokop appeals. We review the district court's denial of a habeas corpus petition de novo. Chatman v. Marquez, 754 F.2d 1531, 1533-34 , (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 841 , 106 S.Ct. 124 , 88 L.Ed.2d 101 (1985). We affirm. 1. Facts In 1981 an information filed in the San Luis Obispo County Municipal Court charged Edward Joseph Prokop with first degree murder. Prokop was arrested shortly thereafter in Arizona and brought to…