AMES v. ENDELL

No. 87-4341.

856 F.2d 1441 (1988)

Daniel L. AMES, Sr., Petitioner/Appellant, v. Roger V. ENDELL, Commissioner of Corrections for the State of Alaska, Respondent/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura N. Cromwell, Seattle, Wash., for petitioner/appellant.

John A. Scukanec, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Alaska, for respondent/appellee.

Before KOZINSKI, NOONAN and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

Daniel L. Ames, Sr. brought a habeas corpus petition seeking release from confinement by the State of Alaska on the grounds that he had been denied effective assistance of counsel at his trial and on appeal. The district court gave judgment for the state. Ames appeals. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On October 30, 1981 Ames drove 140 miles from Anchorage to Talkeetna to pick up his boss, James Boyle, and Boyle's wife, Joanne, and return...

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