Rance Moore v. W.A. Duncan, Warden Attorney General, State of California

87 F.3d 1321 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Rance MOORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W.A. DUNCAN, Warden; Attorney General, State of California, Respondents-Appellees. No. 95-56591. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 11, 1996. * Decided June 19, 1996. Before: CANBY, NOONAN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Rance Moore, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. Moore contends that the district court erred by denying his petition. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . After reviewing the district court's conclusions of law de novo, Calderon v. Prunty, 59 F.3d 1005, 1008 (9th Cir.1995), we affirm. 3 On February 5, 1991, Moore was convicted of fourteen counts of committing a forcible lewd act upon a child and one count of child endangerment and later sentenced to 114 years in state prison. Moore appealed his conviction, raising…