Supreme Court of California

Defendant's second petition for a writ of habeas corpus for his capital murder conviction is denied in its entirety, as in raising claims already adjudicated by the California Supreme Court, and in raising new claims with no serious attempt to justify why such claims were not raised on appeal or in defendant's first habeas petition, this petition exemplifies abusive writ practices that have become all too common in successive habeas corpus petitions filed. Further, exhaustion petitions in capital cases will be subject to the page (or word) limits and other rules described in this opinion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/30/2012
• Published 08/30/2012

Judges

• Werdegar

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel