Stevens
Stevens v. Beard
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 8 JOSEPH E. STEVENS, Case No. 5:13-cv-03877-EJD
Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING PETITIONER’S
PROPOSED FINDINGS AND
v. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
JERRY BEARD, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 69, 70 Defendants.
On March 21, 2007, a jury found Petitioner guilty of two counts of murder (Cal. Penal Code § 187) and found true enhancement allegations that Petitioner intentionally discharged a firearm that proximately caused death or great bodily injury (Cal. Penal Code § 12022.53(d)) and the special circumstance of multiple murder (Cal. Penal Code § 190.2(a)(3)). On July 13, 2007, the trial court sentenced Petitioner to two life terms without the possibility of parole, two consecutive 25 years to life terms on the firearm enhancements, plus three years for the assault conviction. On March 9, 2012, the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, affirmed the judgment in an unpublished opinion. Dkt.…