Arvis Kidd v. Jeff Hood Grant Woods, Attorney General

40 F.3d 1246 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Arvis KIDD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jeff HOOD; Grant Woods, Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees. No. 93-16857. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 4, 1994. Decided Nov. 23, 1994. Before: SNEED, PREGERSON, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * OVERVIEW 2 Arvis Kidd was convicted by a jury in Arizona state court on one count of burglary and one count of theft; in a separate case he pled no contest to one count of attempted burglary. After exhausting state remedies, Kidd sought a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and that his due process rights were violated by various errors at trial. The district court denied Kidd's motion for an evidentiary hearing and denied his habeas petition. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2253 , and we affirm. FACTS 3 Ms. "F.'s" house was burglarized…