Legal Opinion
Delgado v. Yates
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 12, 2008No. C 07-0181 CRB (PR)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CHARLES R. BREYER, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, California, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming instructional error, cruel and unusual punishment, ineffective assistance of counsel, and error in the state’s post-conviction process.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Petitioner was convicted by jury in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Santa Clara of (1) resisting arrest, (2) assault on a peace officer by means…
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