United States ex rel. Cuevas v. Washington

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

Petitioner Marilyn Cuevas is now before this court seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Presently, Cuevas raises the following claims: (1) that she was denied due process of law because the instructions given to the jury at trial allowed the jury to return a verdict of murder despite findings that should have resulted in a verdict of voluntary manslaughter; and (2) that her sentence for attempted murder was imposed simultaneously with the murder sentence and, as such, must be vacated in the event that the murder…