Billy Joe Hudson v. Samuel Lewis Attorney General

24 F.3d 246 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Billy Joe HUDSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel LEWIS; Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees. No. 93-16924. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 12, 1994. * Decided May 12, 1994. Before: FLETCHER, FERGUSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Billy Joe Hudson appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus relief. His petition alleged: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel; 2) duplicitous/multiplicitous indictment; 3) improper jury instruction on insanity and voluntary intoxication; and 4) violation of the Eighth Amendment. The United States District Court for the District of Arizona dismissed the petition. 3 The decision whether to grant or deny a petition for habeas corpus is reviewed de novo. Adams v. Peterson, 968 F.2d 835, 843 (9th Cir.1992) (en banc), cert. denied, 113 S.Ct. 1818 (1993). We carefully reviewed the record and affirm. 4 *…