96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7448, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12,269 Jose Jesus Ceja v. Terry Stewart, Director of Arizona Department of Corrections Donald Wawrzaszek, Superintendent of Arizona State Prison
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97 F.3d 1246 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7448 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12,269 Jose Jesus CEJA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Terry STEWART, Director of Arizona Department of Corrections; Donald Wawrzaszek, Superintendent of Arizona State Prison, Respondents-Appellees. No. 94-99005. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 15, 1995. Submission Deferred Aug. 3, 1995. Resubmitted May 22, 1996. Decided Oct. 8, 1996. Charles Van Cott and Michael W. Patten, Brown & Bain, Phoenix, AZ, for petitioner-appellant. Galen H. Wilkes, Assistant Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for respondents-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Robert C. Broomfield, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-84-02322-PHX-RCB. Before: FLETCHER, FARRIS and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge FARRIS; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge FLETCHER. FARRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 Jose Jesus Ceja is on death row in Arizona. He appeals the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition. We have jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We affirm. BACKGROUND 2 In 1974, Ceja was tried, convicted and sentenced to death…