Legal Opinion
Hodges v. Newland
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 1, 2001No. C 00-4006 TEH(PR)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
THELTON E. HENDERSON, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This matter is now before the court for consideration of the merits of Eric Cedric Hodges’ pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus concerning his 1998 conviction in the Santa Clara County Municipal Court. For the reasons discussed below, the petition will be denied.
BACKGROUND
On March 6, 1998, Hodges pled guilty in the Santa Clara County Municipal Court to assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and admitted that he had suffered a prior conviction. In exchange for the…
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