Floyd Miranda Owen v. Jeff Hood, Grant Wood, Attorney General State of Arizona

41 F.3d 1513 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Floyd Miranda OWEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jeff HOOD, Grant Wood, Attorney General State of Arizona, Respondents-Appellees. No. 94-15055. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 4, 1994. * Decided Nov. 9, 1994. Before: GOODWIN, O'SCANNLAIN and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Floyd Miranda Owen appeals the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. Because we find that 1). the state trial court properly admitted statements Owen made to the police; 2). Owen's counsel did not render ineffective assistance; 3). the prosecutor's closing argument did not constitute misconduct; 4). the trial court properly refused to excuse a juror for bias, and 5). the search was conducted pursuant to a warrant, we affirm. I. 3 One day in March, 1981, Tucson police officers began surveillance of a 1977 gold Ford Granada because the occupants appeared to be driving around Tucson "casing" houses. The…