Ninth Circuit· 12/24/2015

Robert McDaniels v. Richard Kirkland

Citations

813 F.3d 770
2015 WL 9461515

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holding federal 5 habeas courts “may consider the entire state-court record, including evidence that was presented 6 only to the trial court.”
holding federal habeas courts “may consider 15 || the entire state-court record .. ..”
rejecting the argument that a trial “court must conduct comparative juror analysis” under Batson step three (emphasis in original)
rejecting the argument that a trial “court must conduct comparative juror analysis” under Batson step three (emphasis in original)
reaching merits of claim where state waived the defense of procedural default
“A comparative analysis of the application of reasoning applied to [B]lack versus [W]hite jurors is often the best if not ‘the only means we will have for assessing the state court’s factfinding.’”

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Judges: Thomas, Pregerson, McKeown, Fletcher, Berzon, Tallman, Callahan, Ikuta, Christen, Hurwitz, Friedland

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