Blake Pirtle v. Richard Morgan, Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary, Blake Pirtle v. Richard Morgan, Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary

313 F.3d 1160 Blake PIRTLE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard MORGAN, * Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee. Blake PIRTLE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Richard MORGAN, Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellant. No. 01-99012. No. 01-99013. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted August 8, 2002. Filed December 19, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Todd Maybrown, Allen, Hansen & Maybrown, Seattle, WA; James Lobsenz, Carney, Badley, Smith, & Spellman, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner. Paul D. Weisser, Donna H. Mullen, Assistant Attorneys General, Criminal Justice Division, Olympia, WA, for the respondent. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington; Justin L. Quackenbush, Senior Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-98-05028-JLQ. Before: T.G. NELSON, PAEZ and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. PAEZ, Circuit Judge. 1 Petitioner Blake Pirtle appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 with respect to the guilt phase of his trial, during which he was convicted of two counts of aggravated first-degree murder.…