Strohmeyer

MEMORANDUM ***

Jeremy Strohmeyer pleaded guilty to first degree murder, first degree kidnapping and sexual assault of a minor under the age of sixteen pursuant to a plea agreement. Strohmeyer was sentenced to three consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and one term of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. Strohmeyer filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Nevada state court. After holding a two-day evidentiary hearing, the state trial court denied the petition and issued findings of fact and conclusions of law. The state court determined that Strohmeyer’s plea was voluntary and his counsel was effective. The Nevada Supreme Court, finding support in the record for the trial court’s factual determinations, denied the petition as well. Strohmeyer then filed a petition for habeas corpus in federal court. The federal district court denied the petition and certified four issues for review.

We have jurisdiction to hear this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . We review de novo a district court’s denial of a habeas petition brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. *634 § 2254 . Riley v. Payne, 352 F.3d 1313, 1317 (9th Cir.2003). The…