Pallares

Case 2:19-cv-02597-KJM-KJN Document 17 Filed 12/17/21 Page 1 of

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLEO MARTINEZ-COSTA, No. 2:19-cv-02597 KJM KJN P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS M. PALLARES, Respondent.

I. Introduction

Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with an application for a writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges her 2014 conviction for first-

degree murder and second-degree robbery. Petitioner was sentenced to prison for the period of

life without the possibility of parole. Petitioner claims: insufficient evidence to support a true

finding of acting with reckless indifference to human life; erroneous exclusion of third-party

culpability evidence; ineffective assistance of counsel; and prosecutorial misconduct. After

careful review of the record, this court concludes that the petition…