William Augustus Pinkerton v. Wayne Estelle, Warden, and Attorney General of the State of California

981 F.2d 1259 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. William Augustus PINKERTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wayne ESTELLE, Warden, and Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. No. 92-55254. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 8, 1992. Decided Dec. 28, 1992. Before JAMES R. BROWNING, SCHROEDER and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 William Augustus Pinkerton appeals pro se the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition. Pinkerton pleaded guilty to four counts of committing a lewd and lascivious act upon a child, Cal.Penal Code § 288(a); one count of committing a lewd and lascivious act on a child under the age of fourteen with force, Cal.Penal Code § 288(b); and one count of committing an act of forcible rape with a foreign object, Cal.Penal Code § 289(a). He was sentenced to a total of twenty-three years in prison. The California Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment. In a…