Rene Paul Germaine v. Eddie Meyers, Warden Attorney General for the State of California

46 F.3d 1141 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Rene Paul GERMAINE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Eddie MEYERS, Warden; Attorney General for the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. No. 93-55460. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 11, 1995. * Decided Jan. 20, 1995. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HALL and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Rene Paul Germaine, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 habeas petition. The district court denied Germaine's Sec. 2254 petition after conducting an evidentiary hearing on Germaine's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. Germaine contends that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel because his attorney: (1) failed to interview an eyewitness; (2) stipulated to the admission of a coroner's report without investigating the accuracy of the report; and (3) failed to adequately cross-examine the prosecution's chief…