John Allen Jackson v. J.M. Ratelle, Warden and Dan Lungren, Attorney General

990 F.2d 1258 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. John Allen JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.M. RATELLE, Warden and Dan Lungren, Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees. No. 92-56022. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 9, 1993. * Decided April 12, 1993. 1 Before NOONAN and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 John Allen Jackson (Jackson), a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . In his petition, Jackson challenges his state conviction for second degree murder in the death of Latrice Osborne (Osborne) on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct. Jackson is currently serving a sentence of 15 years to life. I. Prosecutorial Misconduct 4 Prosecutorial misconduct warrants habeas relief only where it "so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the…