Poole

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANDRE T. POOLE, Case No. 20-cv-02283-HSG

Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 1 PAT HORN, Respondent.

12 Petitioner Andre T. Poole filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction and sentence in Alameda County Superior Court. Dkt. No. 1 (“Pet.”). Petitioner is currently serving an aggregate state sentence of seven years and two months followed by life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for first degree murder; attempted voluntary manslaughter; and possession of a firearm by a felon. Respondent has filed an answer, Dkt. No. 16 (“Answer”), and Petitioner has filed a traverse, Dkt. No. 18. The Court has carefully considered the briefs submitted by the parties, and DENIES the petition for the reasons detailed below. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY In February 2017, Petitioner was charged in Alameda Superior Court with murder (Cal. …