G.W. Rennels v. Robert G. Borg Butte County Superior Court Ann H. Rutherford, Honorable Teresa Rocha, Warden

86 F.3d 1163 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. G.W. RENNELS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert G. BORG; Butte County Superior Court; Ann H. Rutherford, Honorable; Teresa Rocha, Warden, Respondents-Appellees. No. 95-16858. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 20, 1996. * Decided May 29, 1996. Before: BROWNING, REINHARDT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 G.W. Rennels, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. Rennels was sentenced to eighteen years to life for the second-degree murder of his girlfriend, Teresa Smart. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . We accept the district court's factual findings unless clearly erroneous, and review its conclusions of law de novo. Hendricks v. Zenon, 993 F.2d 664, 668 (9th Cir.1993). 3 Rennels conceded before trial that he killed Smart, but he argues that the evidence was insufficient to show the intent…