Prescott v. Santoro

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 EARNEST L. PRESCOTT, 8 Case No. 5:16-cv-01359-EJD Petitioner, 9 ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 10 KELLY SANTORO, Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 25 11 Respondent. 12 13 A California jury convicted Earnest L. Prescott of first-degree murder. The sentencing 14 court applied an enhancement for the discharge of a firearm. He is currently incarcerated. He has 15 petitioned this court for the writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons discussed below, the court 16 denies the petition. 17 I. Background 18…