Baughman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DAVID ALLEN THOMPSON, No. 2:17-cv-0996 KJM AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DAVID BAUGHMAN, Warden, Respondent. 15 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The action proceeds on the amended petition filed on November 16, 2018, ECF No. 26, which challenges petitioner’s 2014 conviction for multiple sex offenses. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Pretrial Proceedings Petitioner was charged in Sacramento County Superior Court, Case Number 11F02662, with sex offenses against two minor victims. Prior to trial, the prosecutor moved to admit evidence of uncharged prior sexual offenses under Cal. Evid. Code § 1108. The trial judge

As discussed more fully below, § 1108 provides that evidence of a defendant’s commission of another sexual offense is…