Odece Hill v. Attorney General for the State of Arizona

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 10 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ODECE DEMPSEAN HILL, No. 20-17369

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-04836-DWL

v.

MEMORANDUM*

ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE

OF ARIZONA; DAVID SHINN, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections,

Respondents-Appellees,

and

CHARLES L. RYAN,

Respondent.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Dominic Lanza, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 9, 2022 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS, PAEZ, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge PAEZ

Odece Hill appeals from the district court’s order denying his petition for a

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Page 2 of

writ of habeas corpus, which challenged the lawfulness of his convictions arising

from the sexual assault of a victim who had passed away by the time of trial. We

affirm.

1. The state court rejected Hill’s Confrontation Clause challenge to…