(HC) Williams v. People of the State of California

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 HENRY DON WILLIAMS, No. 2:17-cv-2627 TLN AC P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA,

15 Respondent. 16 17 18 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for a writ of 19 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The action proceeds on the first amended petition, 20 ECF No. 3, which challenges petitioner’s 2010 conviction for first-degree murder. Respondent 21 has answered, ECF No. 29, and petitioner filed a traverse, ECF No. 35. 22 BACKGROUND 23 I. Proceedings in the Trial Court 24 A. Preliminary Proceedings 25 Petitioner was charged with murder in Solano County, and pled not guilty. No pretrial 26 proceedings are at issue in habeas. 27 //// 28 //// 1 B. The Evidence Presented at Trial 2 Evidence of the following facts was presented to the jury.1 Petitioner bought cocaine and 3 methamphetamine from a friend, Ryan Estes, and…