Daniels

MEMORANDUM **

Sonya M. Daniels was convicted under California law of second degree murder, felony child endangerment (which included great bodily injury), and misdemeanor child endangerment. Daniels was sentenced to serve fifteen years to life impx’isonment for the murder conviction and concurrent tex’ms on the other convictions. After her direct appeals and state post-conviction remedies were exhausted, Daniels filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 , which was denied by the district court. We AFFIRM.

The Petitioner contends that her constitutional right to present a defense and hex-right to a faix- trial were violated when the trial court prevented her from introducing evidence pertaining to Battered Women’s Syndrome. The state court’s decision to exclude the evidence was not “contrary to, [n]or involved an unreasonable application *664 of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d)(1). Based on the defense she offered at trial, that evidence was not relevant under California law. The Petitioner’s defense essentially was that the child appeared to be fine until the day he died. She…