Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit June 12, 1986, 83-2392, 83-2459 (Shuman v. Wolff)

HUG, Circuit Judge:

This appeal and cross-appeal concern the district court’s rulings on a petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 pertaining to two convictions for murder. 571 F.Supp. 213. There are two principal issues. The first concerns the validity of a 1958 conviction of murder that resulted in a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.