Clarence Ray Allen v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, of the California State Prison at San Quentin
Opinion
Opinion
Wardlaw, J.
ORDER
The Opinion filed on May 6, 2004 and appearing at 366 F.3d 823 (9th Cir.2004), is amended as follows: On slip opinion page 5831 [ 366 F.3d at 854 ] insert the following language at the end of the first paragraph:
The mandate shall issue forthwith.
With this amendment, the panel has voted unanimously to deny the petition for rehearing and to reject the suggestion for rehearing en bane.
The full court has been advised of the suggestion for rehearing en banc and no active judge has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. Fed. R.App. P. 35. The petition for rehearing is DENIED and the suggestion for rehearing en banc is REJECTED. No subsequent petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc may be filed.
OPINION
Clarence Ray Allen appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. He asserts numerous claims of constitutional error in both the guilt and penalty phases of his 1982 trial for the Fran’s Market triple-murder and related conspiracy to murder.
The evidence of Allen’s guilt for the crimes of conviction is overwhelming. His own testimony provided perhaps the most…