Paul Albert Guardado v. Jerry Stainer, Warden Attorney General of the State of California

30 F.3d 139 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Paul Albert GUARDADO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry STAINER, Warden; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. No. 92-56190. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 8, 1993. * Withdrawn from Submission Jan. 28, 1994. Resubmitted Aug. 5, 1994. Decided Aug. 5, 1994. 1 Before: FLETCHER and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and WILL, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Appellant Paul Guardado was convicted in 1989 in California state court for the second degree murder of Stephen Buus. Guardado appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Guardado alleges that, at trial, he was denied his rights under the Sixth Amendment when his counsel failed to provide competent assistance, and when the trial court erroneously admitted certain damaging hearsay evidence, depriving him of his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against…