Harris v. Garcia

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PETITIONER’S WRIT FOR HABEAS CORPUS

RONALD M. WHYTE, District Judge.

On April 9, 1997, petitioner was convicted of two counts of grand theft, one count of attempting to dissuade a witness in furtherance of a conspiracy, one count of access card forgery, and one count of escape from a county jail. After unsuccessfully seeking relief in the California courts, he filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging all five convictions. This court found that the petition stated eleven cognizable claims under § 2254 and issued an…