United States Supreme Court: CULLEN v. PINHOLSTER, No. 09-1088, April 4, 2011, CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, No. 09–1088. Argued November 9, 2010—Decided April 4, 2011.  A California jury convicted respondent Pinholster on two counts of first-degree murder. At the penalty phase before the same jury, the prosecution produced eight witnesses, who testified about Pinholster’s history of threatening and violent behavior.