Rex Lee Larsen v. Manfred Maass, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary

988 F.2d 120 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Rex Lee LARSEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Manfred MAASS, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee. No. 91-36266. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 1, 1993. * Decided March 4, 1993. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; No. CV-90-6366-HO, Michael R. Hogan, District Judge, Presiding. D.Or. AFFIRMED. Before TANG, POOLE and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Rex Lee Larsen appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was convicted in Oregon state court of aggravated murder, rape, sodomy, kidnapping, escape, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Larsen argues that the district court should have granted his habeas petition because his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to a jury instruction, his appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance by…