David Dean Richards v. Jerry Stainer, Warden Attorney General for the State of California

46 F.3d 1144 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. David Dean RICHARDS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jerry STAINER, Warden; Attorney General for the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. No. 94-55914. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 11, 1995 * Decided Jan. 23, 1995. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HALL and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 David Dean Richards, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 habeas petition. Following a jury trial, Richards was convicted of forcible rape, sodomy, attempted sodomy, forcible oral copulation, and residential burglary. Richards contends that the trial court: (1) erroneously excluded vital defense evidence; and (2) violated his right to confrontation by limiting the scope of his cross-examination of two witnesses. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2253 . We review de novo, Hendricks v. Zenon, 993 F.2d 664, 668 (9th Cir.1993)…