Glen Cornwell v. Eddie Ylst, Warden of California State Prison at Solano

8 F.3d 26 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Glen CORNWELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Eddie YLST, Warden of California State Prison at Solano, Respondent-Appellee. No. 92-15792. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 11, 1993. * Decided Oct. 6, 1993. 1 Before: BROWNING and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, * District Judge 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Petitioner appeals the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS 4 Petitioner Glen Cornwell was charged with sixteen counts of robbery in an information filed in California state court on March 7, 1984. Trial before a jury began on December 3, 1984. After jury deliberations had begun, Grace Chang, secretary for Petitioner's counsel, received an anonymous phone call from someone claiming to be a neighbor of a juror named Katherine. The caller alleged that she had observed Katherine engaged in conversation with a third person familiar…