Case Name: Kareem Rashad SIMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R.Q. HICKMAN, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-04-18
Citations: 33 F. App'x 357
Docket Number: No. 01-16709; D.C. No. CV-00-01457-GEB
Parties: Kareem Rashad SIMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R.Q. HICKMAN, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before O’SCANNLAIN and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 33
Pages: 357–358

Head Matter:
Kareem Rashad SIMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R.Q. HICKMAN, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 01-16709.
D.C. No. CV-00-01457-GEB.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 10, 2002.
Decided April 18, 2002.
Before O’SCANNLAIN and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Samuel P. King, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Defendant appeals the District Court's denial of his petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Defendant asserts that the evidence at trial showed that the kidnap was incidental to the murder and he is therefore not liable for murder with special circumstances. The California Court of Appeals' decision was a reasonable application of federal constitutional law. Tran v. Lindsey, 212 F.3d 1143, 1153-54 (9th Cir.2000). There was sufficient evidence to support the jury's conclusion that there was an independent felonious purpose during the Defendant's kidnaping/ murder. Lewis v. Jeffers, 497 U.S. 764, 781-82, 110 S.Ct. 3092, 111 L.Ed.2d 606 (1990).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
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