Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 ANTONIO M. MARTINEZ, Case No. 19-cv-05498-WHO (PR)

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, Respondent.

9 INTRODUCTION Petitioner Antonio M. Martinez seeks federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 from his state conviction for murder on grounds that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance and the cumulative effect of counsel’s errors resulted in a constitutionally unfair trial. None of his claims has merit. The petition is DENIED. BACKGROUND In 2015, a Monterey County Superior Court jury convicted Martinez of first degree murder and found true a sentencing enhancement allegation that he personally and intentionally discharged a firearm causing death. (Pet., Dkt. No. 1 at 1-2.) That same year, a sentence of 50 years to life was imposed. (Id. at 1.) After Martinez’s attempts to overturn his convictions in state court did not succeed, he…