Doug Wayne Hood v. Samuel Lewis Grant Woods, Attorney General

37 F.3d 1505 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Doug Wayne HOOD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel LEWIS; Grant Woods, Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees. No. 94-15755. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 4, 1994. * Decided Oct. 6, 1994. Before: BROWNING, FARRIS, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Doug Wayne Hood, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 habeas petition. Hood contends that: (1) he was denied the effective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to object to an amendment to the indictment; (2) the district court erred in denying his ineffective assistance of counsel claim without an evidentiary hearing; and (3) a due process violation occurred when the trial court imposed an aggravated sentence without articulating the reasons for the sentence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2253 . We review de novo, Hendricks v. Zenon, 993 F.2d…