Lawrence George Hash v. Kelly Santoro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAWRENCE GEORGE HASH, Case No. 5:20-cv-01074-RSWL (AFM) 12 Petitioner, ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS v. CORPUS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION KELLY SANTORO, Warden, 15 Respondent. 16 17 In 1998, Petitioner was convicted in the Riverside County Superior Court of first-degree murder. The jury also found true the allegation that Petitioner personally used a firearm in the commission of the offense. He is currently serving a sentence of 25 years to life plus four years. (ECF No. 1 at 2.) In 2001, Petitioner filed a federal habeas corpus petition challenging his 1998 conviction. (Case No. 5:01-cv-00989-RSWL (JWJ)). That petition raised the following claims: Petitioner received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial based upon numerous deficiencies; the trial court improperly excluded exculpatory evidence; the reasonable doubt instruction was inadequate;…