Pfeiffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CLIFF E. COLLINS, No. 2:21-cv-1312 JAM KJN P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, Warden, Respondent. 16 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 his 2019 conviction for multiple sex crimes. Petitioner was sentenced to 87 years, eight months plus 15 years-to-life in state prison. Petitioner contends that his Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated because attempted aggravated sexual assault upon a child under the age of 14 and seven or more years younger than petitioner is not a crime under California law. After careful review of the record, this court concludes that the petition should be denied. II. Procedural History On March 28, 2019, a jury found petitioner guilty of three counts of lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 (Cal. Penal Code…