Duvardo
Duvardo v. Giurbino
Opinion
Opinion
Patel, J.
ORDER DENYING HABEAS PETITION
INTRODUCTION
Petitioner Jeffrey Duvardo filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . The matter is now before the court for consideration of the merits of the amended petition. For the reasons discussed below, the amended petition will be denied.
BACKGROUND
A. The Crimes
Petitioner challenges his conviction for murdering his parents. The California Court of Appeal gave a very lengthy description of the circumstantial evidence, Cal. Ct.App. Opinion, pp. 1-19, which this court only summarizes briefly here, although much of the evidence is discussed later as it relates to the various claims asserted by Petitioner.
Petitioner lived in the city of Valencia, north of Los Angeles. His parents, Mary Ann and Donald Duvardo, lived in the town of Nice in Lake County, California. (First names are used for clarity because many of the people involved have the same last name.) Mary Ann and Donald were murdered in their home. Donald had been stabbed about 15 times in the chest. Mary Ann had been stabbed and slashed several times, had her carotid artery or jugular vein slit, and had been hit in the eye. Their bodies were…