LAVEA
LAVEA v. Woodard
Opinion
Opinion
Patel, J.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
INTRODUCTION
Titi Lavea, a prisoner at the Kern Valley State Prison, filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . This matter is now before the court for consideration of the merits of the habeas petition. For the reasons discussed below, the petition will be denied.
BACKGROUND
A. The Crimes
Titi Lavea was convicted of numerous crimes in a June 2003 jury trial in San Mateo County Superior Court for events that occurred in February-March 2002. He was convicted of theft of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon, evading a police officer, 3 counts of carjacking, vehicle theft, robbery, possession of stolen property, first degree burglary, attempted felony escape, and felony destruction of prison property. His federal habeas petition challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support one carjacking conviction, the evading a police officer conviction and the attempted felony escape conviction. The court therefore only discusses those three crimes and convictions.
Cal. Ct.App. Opinion, p. 3.
2. Evading A Police Officer ( Cal. Veh. Code § 2800.2 ) — Count