Gettus Leroy Mintz v. Samuel Lewis Attorney General of the 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Gettus Leroy MINTZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel LEWIS; Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Respondents-Appellees. No. 94-15599. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 4, 1994. * Decided Oct. 11, 1994. Before: BROWNING, FARRIS and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Gettus Leroy Mintz, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 habeas petition challenging his state conviction for attempted armed robbery. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2253 , and review de novo. Robbins v. Christianson, 904 F.2d 492, 494 (9th Cir.1990). We affirm. 3 Mintz alleges seven constitutional errors in his state trial court proceedings: (1) the state's introduction of prior bad acts evidence in its case-in-chief was improper; (2) the state's peremptory challenge of the only black member of the venire was discriminatory; (3) the trial court…