Jeffrey Pierce Henderson v. Alejandro Villanueva

BACKGROUND

20 Petitioner alleges the following: 21 In Los Angeles County Superior Court case number OWC00769, Petitioner was 22 charged with one count of indecent exposure (Cal. Penal Code § 314(1)), two counts of 23 resisting arrest (Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1)), and one count of failure to appear (Cal. 24 Penal Code § 853.7). (Pet. at 2.) Petitioner has not yet been convicted, and these charges 25 are still pending. (Id.) 26 27 28 On October 27, 2020, the trial court found that Petitioner had failed to appear on four prior occasions and ordered that he be taken into custody. (Id. at 5-6.) Petitioner ultimately was released on bond from the Los Angeles County Jail on November 6, 2020. (Id. at 2.) PETITIONER’S CLAIMS Petitioner asserts the following claims: 1. The trial court terminated Petitioner’s self-representation in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments; 2. Respondent denied Petitioner access to the court, which caused his failure to appear, in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments; 3. The trial court denied Petitioner a fair trial by…