Bland
Bland v. People of the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 TERRELL BLAND, Case No. 19-cv-02273-YGR (PR)
Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS; AND
v. DENYING CERTIFICATE OF
APPEALABILITY
MARCUS POLLARD, Acting Warden,1 Respondent.
Before the Court is the pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Petitioner Terrell Bland challenging his 2015 conviction and sentence rendered in the Marin County Superior Court. On April 4, 2014, the Marin County District Attorney filed an information charging the Petitioner and his co-defendant, Labraun Wallace, with second degree robbery under California Penal Code § 211. Resp’t Ex. 1, Clerk’s Transcript (“CT”) 215. The information alleged that the offense was committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, and in association with a criminal street gang under California Penal Code § 186.22(b). CT 222. The information also alleged that Petitioner had a prior strike…