Bennefield v. Kirkpatrick

DECISION AND ORDER

VICTOR E. BIANCHINI, United States Magistrate Judge.

1. Background

By a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pro se petitioner Adam Bennefield seeks release from custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and challenges his conviction, following a guilty plea, to kidnapping and related charges. The conviction here at issue stems from an incident on March 2, 2000, in which petitioner crashed the car he was driving into another vehicle occupied by his ex-fiancée, Tara Rene Barber (“Barber”), and Takina Willis (“Willis”). The vehicle petitioner was driving was stolen. Petitioner then…