96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4389, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7109 Thomas Martin Thompson, Petitioner-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Arthur Calderon, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee-Cross-Appellant

86 F.3d 1509 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4389 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7109 Thomas Martin THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Arthur CALDERON, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Nos. 95-99014, 95-99015. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 20, 1995. Decided June 19, 1996. Gregory A. Long, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, California, and Quin Denvir, Sacramento, California, for petitioner-appellant-cross-appellee. Holly D. Wilkens, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, California, for respondent-appellee-cross-appellant. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Richard A. Gadbois, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-89-3630-RG. Before: BEEZER, HALL and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. BEEZER, Circuit Judge: 1 Arthur Calderon, as warden and on behalf of the State of California, hereinafter the "State," appeals the district court's partial grant of Thomas Martin Thompson's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court's judgment set aside Thompson's 1983 conviction in California state court for the rape of Ginger…