96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9368, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15,411 Terry Allen Langford v. Rick Day, Acting Administrator of Corrections Division Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General of the State of Montana

102 F.3d 1551 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9368 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15,411 Terry Allen LANGFORD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick DAY, Acting Administrator of Corrections Division; Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General of the State of Montana, Respondents-Appellees. No. 95-99001. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 13, 1996. Decided Dec. 24, 1996. Michael Donahoe, Helena, MT, for petitioner-appellant. John Paulson, Deputy Attorney General, Helena, MT, for respondents-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Charles C. Lovell, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No.CV-91-00051-CCL. Before: CANBY, TROTT and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 Terry Allen Langford, a Montana death-row inmate, appeals the denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and the grant of summary judgment for respondents. Langford confessed to two murders, pleaded guilty, did not present mitigating evidence at the sentencing hearing, and asked for the death penalty. Soon after being sentenced to death, however, Langford obtained new counsel and moved to withdraw his guilty pleas. The Montana state…