Case Name: Raymond MARTIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kathleen ALLISON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-11-30
Citations: 671 F. App'x 479
Docket Number: No. 14-17270
Parties: Raymond MARTIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kathleen ALLISON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: MELLOY, CLIFTON, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 671
Pages: 479–480

Head Matter:
Raymond MARTIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kathleen ALLISON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 14-17270
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted November 17, 2016 San Francisco, California
Filed November 30, 2016
Margaret Joan Littlefield, Attorney, Law Office of Michael Satris, Bolinas, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant
Michael David Dolida, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Respondent-Appellee
Before: MELLOY, CLIFTON, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Michael J. Melloy, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
1. In its decision rejecting Raymond Martin's arguments on direct appeal, the California Court of Appeal did not explicitly address Martin's claim that the prosecu tion violated the rule established in Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 79 S.Ct. 1173, 3 L.Ed.2d 1217 (1959). We need not decide whether we are required to presume that the Court of Appeal adjudicated the Na-pue claim on the merits, see Johnson v. Williams, 568 U.S. 289, 133 S.Ct. 1088, 1091-92, 185 L,Ed.2d 105 (2013), for even under de novo review Martin is not entitled to relief.
In support of his Napue claim, Martin alleges that the prosecution knowingly introduced false testimony that Martin directed Vincent Gregory (Martin's co-defendant) to shoot the victim during the robbery and burglary. But under California's felony-murder rule, the jury did not have to find that Martin directed Gregory to shoot the victim. See People v. Chism, 58 Cal,4th 1266, 1332, 171 Cal.Rptr.3d 347, 324 P.3d 183 (2014). Rather, the jury was permitted to find Martin guilty of murder under the felony-murder rule if it found that someone else killed the victim while Martin was engaged in committing a robbery or burglary, and that there was a logical connection between the act causing the victim's death and the robbery or burglary. See People v. Cavitt, 33 Cal.4th 187, 203, 14 Cal.Rptr.3d 281, 91 P.3d 222 (2004). The jury found that to be the case, and there was ample evidence supporting that finding. For example, evidence placed Martin in the same vehicle with Gregory and Stanley Mason (his other co-defendant) just before the robbery,and burglary, and evidence also placed Martin in the victim's room when the victim was shot. Gloves found in the course of the investigation contained Martin's DNA, further corroborating his involvement in the robbery and burglary. Given the ample evidence supporting Martin's conviction under the felony-murder rule, there is no reasonable likelihood that the allegedly false statement affected the jury's verdict. See Napue, 360 U.S. at 271, 79 S.Ct. 1173.
2. We decline to consider Martin's un-certified issue alleging a violation of the rule established in Sheppard v. Maxwell, 384 U.S. 333, 86 S.Ct. 1507, 16 L.Ed.2d 600 (1966).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.