Gonzales v. Estelle

Rick Alan Gonzales, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district courts denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus. Gonzales was convicted under California state law of rape; oral copulation with a child under fourteen years of age; two counts of forcible lewd acts with a child under fourteen; kidnapping; and willful cruelty to a child. Additionally, he was found to have committed these offenses while in possession of a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 and review de novo. Sanders v. Ratelle, 21 F.3d 1446, 1451 (9th Cir. 1994). We affirm.