Ruiz v. Garcia

73 F. App'x 964

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: August 22, 2003
• Docket: No. 01-56936; D.C. No. CV-00-00597-DOC
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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There is no clearly established Supreme Court law holding that a defendant has a constitutional right to an instruction on a lesser included offense. Cf. Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S.Ct. 2382, 65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980) (holding that a lesser included offense instruction might be constitutionally required in capital cases because of their unique nature). Ruiz’s state court conviction thus has not “resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1); see also Lockyer v. Andrade, 538 U.S. 63, 123 S.Ct. 1166, 1172, 155 L.Ed.2d 144 (2003).

AFFIRMED.

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