Gregory Sanders v. William Bunnell, Warden Attorney General of the State of California

988 F.2d 121 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Gregory SANDERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William BUNNELL, Warden; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. No. 91-56413. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 3, 1993. * Decided March 11, 1993. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; No. CV-91-0234-RJK, Robert J. Kelleher, District Judge, Presiding. C.D.Cal. AFFIRMED. MEMORANDUM ** Before SCHROEDER, DAVID R. THOMPSON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. 1 Sanders was convicted in California state court of first degree murder with special circumstances and first degree robbery for beating to death, in the course of a robbery, the elderly female proprietor of a fish and chips store. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 2 His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal by the California Court of Appeal. The California Supreme Court then granted…