Steadham

Steadham v. California

Good Law
81 F. App'x 989
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 4, 2003No. 02-16794; D.C. No. CV-00-03991-SICalifornia282 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Anthony Steadham appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (a). We affirm.

The California Court of Appeal decision affirming Steadham’s conviction for the Hayashi robbery was not contrary to, or an objectively unreasonable application of, *990 clearly established federal law. See Lockyer v. Andrade, 538 U.S. 63 , 123 S.Ct. 1166, 1172 , 155 L.Ed.2d 144 (2003) (emphasizing standard under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d)(1)). That court’s conclusion was consistent -with In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 364 , 90 S.Ct. 1068 , 25 L.Ed.2d 368 (1970), and Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 324 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). It was not unreasonable given Hayashi’s testimony that Stead-ham resembled the attacker but looked more grown up and heavier — a view of Steadham expressed by witnesses to other robberies as well — and evidence that the Hayashi robbery occurred in the same time frame and geographic area as other taxi robberies with which Steadham was connected, that Hayashi picked up his fare right by Steadham’s house, that Hayashi’s cab was recovered very close to where…

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