Wong
Rogers v. Wong
Opinion
Opinion
Singleton, J.
ORDER
Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . He challenges a 2001 judgment of conviction entered in the Superior Court of California, Sacramento County, on one count of burglary, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon with an additional allegation that Petitioner inflicted great bodily injury, one count of kidnapping, four counts of criminal threats, one count of elder abuse, one count of false imprisonment, one count of obstructing a telephone, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. In his Second Amended Petition, Petitioner alleges relief is warranted on the following grounds: (1) ineffective assistance of trial counsel; (2) cumulative effect of trial court error; (3) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel; (4) prosecutorial misconduct; and (5) cruel and unusual punishment. Docket No. 55. Respondent asserts that some of Petitioner’s arguments are proeedurally barred and that all of the claims fail on the merits. Docket No. 72. Petitioner has filed a Traverse. Docket No. 84 (Trav.). The petition will be denied for the reasons set forth below.