Westbury v. Krenke

DECISION AND ORDER

ADELMAN, District Judge.

Deborah C. Westbury petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. Petitioner raises two grounds for relief: (1) that she was subjected to multiple punishments for the same offense in violation of the protection against double jeopardy as provided by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, and (2) that the combined effect of a number of erroneous evidentiary rulings by the trial court resulted in a violation of due process of law as guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1

On August 12,…