Alexander

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Rickey Alexander appeals from the district court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition, through which Alexander challenged his conviction for first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, and assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 , and we affirm.

Alexander contends that his trial counsel was ineffective for (1) failing to object to hearsay; and (2) failing to investigate. These contentions fail because Alexander is unable to show deficient conduct on the part of his trial counsel. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 688 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984); see also Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 , 53 n. 4, 124 S.Ct. 1354 , 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004); Hamilton v. Vasquez, 17 F.3d 1149, 1157 (9th Cir.1994) (rejecting ineffective assistance of counsel claim because petitioner failed to “show[ ] that any additional investigation of this issue would have led to a more credible argument than that made at trial”).

Alexander next contends that his appellate counsel was ineffective for (1) failing to challenge the trial court’s denial of his motion…