Turner
Turner v. Neuschmid
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TAJIRI TURNER, Case No. 20-cv-06324-WHO (PR)
Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR
v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
ROBERT NEUSCHMID, Respondent. Dkt. No.
12 INTRODUCTION Petitioner Tajiri Turner seeks federal habeas relief from his state convictions for robbery and other crimes. His claim of actual innocence is unsupported; his claim that the police used an impermissibly suggestive identification procedure is undone by the reliability of witness’s identification and the soundness of the procedure used; his claims of ineffective assistance show neither a deficient performance nor prejudice; and he has not shown that false evidence was presented at trial. The petition for habeas relief is DENIED. BACKGROUND In 2016, Turner was convicted by a San Mateo County Superior Court jury of one count of kidnapping to commit robbery, three counts of second degree robbery,…