Wilson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTHONY ROY WILSON, Case No. 22-cv-06042-PCP

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING HABEAS

v. PETITION

JEFF LYNCH, Respondent.

12 Anthony Wilson petitions for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his continued confinement pursuant to a state criminal conviction violates federal law. For the reasons that follow, the Court denies Wilson’s petition. BACKGROUND In February 2019, Wilson and two other men, Aoderi Samad and Tyrone Terrell, were convicted by a jury in Alameda County Superior Court of murdering Anthony Stevens. The jury also convicted Wilson for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon and attached firearm enhancements to the murder charge. The relevant facts relating to the murder are as follows: Wilson and several other men approached Stevens while he was resting in his car in Oakland, purportedly to ask him a question. Stevens was alarmed and stepped out of his car. He had a gun in his…