Scott v. Arnold

ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

JON S. TIGAR, United States District Judge *980Before the Court is Petitioner Rickey Leon Scott's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2554 to challenge the validity of his state criminal conviction. ECF No. 1. The Court will grant the petition.1

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 12, 2013, a San Francisco jury convicted Scott of first-degree murder, finding that he had used a deadly weapon in the commission of the offense. ECF No. 36-2 at 132. On September 27, 2013, the trial court denied Scott's motion for a new trial and…