96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6089, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 9969 Mitchell Edward Rupe, Petitioner-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Tana Wood, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

93 F.3d 1434 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6089 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 9969 Mitchell Edward RUPE, Petitioner-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Tana WOOD, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Nos. 94-99013, 94-99014. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 6, 1995. Decided Aug. 15, 1996. Kathryn Ross, Jones, Ross, Besman & Connolly, Lynnwood, Washington, DC, Todd Maybrown, Allen, Hansen & Maybrown, Seattle, Washington, DC, for petitioner-appellee-cross-appellant. Christine O. Gregoire, Paul D. Weisser, John J. Samson, Assistant Attorneys General, Olympia, Washington, DC, for respondent-appellant-cross-appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Thomas S. Zilly, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-91-01635-TSZ. Before: WALLACE, SCHROEDER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal by the Superintendent of the Washington State Penitentiary, Tana Wood, from a judgment of the district court granting a writ of habeas corpus to petitioner Mitchell Rupe. Rupe was convicted of first degree murder for the shooting deaths of two bank tellers and sentenced…