(HC) Parker v. Napa Superior Court

DISCUSSION

Petitioner filed a 28 U.S.C. section 2254 habeas petition in the Eastern District of California from the Kern County Admission, Evaluation and Stabilization (AES) Center apparently challenging his Napa County Superior Court conviction. Dkt No. 1. He listed a judgment of conviction date of January 31, 2025, and a length of sentence of “January 25 2023 - 2 years.” He noted “incompetence of defendant” and a ruling under Penal Code section 1369 from a January 31, 2025 trial. He indicated that he raised the issues of “incompetence procedure and no bail bench warrant” to the First District Court of Appeal and received a result of overruled on February 17, 2023. He also indicated that the First District Court of Appeal returned a result of “overrule” in March 2023 because of lack of jurisdiction. The petition raised the first ground of counsel Aric Bright providing deficient representation in failing to properly prepare and present a defense, failing to request or negotiate a plea bargain, and failing to exclude prejudicial evidence regarding time credits. The petition also raised a second ground of conditions of being…