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Wong v. Smith

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on November 1, 2010.

Docket No.09-1031
Op. Below9th Circuit

Issue

Do 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and this Court’s precedent permit federal habeas corpus relief on a claim that a state judge unconstitutionally “coerces”? jurors to return a guilty verdict by identifying specific evidence in the case as important and instructing them to consider it?

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