Robertson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES MARTIN BACA, No. 2:22-cv-1481 WBS CSK P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS JAMES ROBERTSON, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2019 conviction for first degree murder with special circumstances. Petitioner claims that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction, and claims his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when the state court excluded certain impeachment evidence. (ECF Nos. 1 at 5, 7, 17-7 at 28.) After careful review of the record, this Court concludes that the petition should be denied. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY On May 10, 2019, a jury found petitioner guilty of first degree murder, with a gun enhancement and the special circumstance that the murder was committed during the commission of a robbery, two counts of robbery…