(HC) Contreras v. People of the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODOLFO A. CONTRERAS, No. 1:19-cv-01785-NONE-JLT (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING
v. § 2254 PETITION J. W. SULLIVAN, Warden, (Doc. Nos. 10, 18) Respondent. 16 Petitioner Rodolfo A. Contreras is a state prisoner proceeding in propria persona on a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is currently serving 15 years to life plus five years in state prison after a state court jury convicted him of second-degree murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and driving under the influence and causing bodily injury. People v. Contreras, No. F074151, 2018 WL 6567673, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 13, 2018). Based on the operative second amended § 2254 petition, petitioner seeks federal habeas relief on grounds that the evidence presented at his trial was insufficient to convict him and the trial judge erred in admitting inadmissible evidence…