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Ryan v. Robinson

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on November 8, 2010.

Docket No.10-34
Op. Below9th Circuit

Issue

(1) Whether a state prisoner fairly presents his federal claim when he changes the legal theory of the federal claim he presented in state court; and (2) whether the opinion below created a new requirement, contrary to Supreme Court precedent, that triers of fact in capital cases must give weight to any proffered mitigation.

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