96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 639, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 970 Jose Roberto Villafuerte v. Samuel A. Lewis, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections Grant Woods, Attorney General of the State of Arizona

75 F.3d 1330 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 639 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 970 Jose Roberto VILLAFUERTE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections; Grant Woods, Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-99015. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 12, 1994. Submission Withdrawn Nov. 15, 1994. Resubmitted Jan. 23, 1996. Decided Jan. 30, 1996. Daniel D. Maynard, Johnston, Maynard, Grant & Parker, Phoenix, Arizona, for the petitioner-appellant. Jack Roberts, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona, for the respondents-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before: FLETCHER, THOMPSON, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 Jose Roberto Villafuerte appeals the district court's denial of his first federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus. An Arizona state court sentenced Villafuerte to death after convicting him of felony murder based on kidnapping. Villafuerte argues that the state trial court erred in several respects at both the guilt and sentencing phases of his trial. He also claims bad faith failure by the…