Nevarez
Nevarez v. Godwin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RUBEN NEVAREZ, Case No.: 21-cv-1040-MMA-KSC
Petitioner,
REPORT AND
v. RECOMMENDATION FOR AN
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR
ROD GODWIN and MATTHEW WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS [Doc.
RODRIGUEZ,
No. 1] Respondents.
17 Petitioner Ruben Nevarez seeks a writ of habeas corpus challenging a conviction in 18 the Superior Court for the County of San Diego for committing lewd acts on a child under 19 the age of 14, causing corporal injury to a child, and sexual penetration of a child under the 20 age of 10; including allegations of “substantial” sexual conduct and conduct committed 21 against more than one victim. See Doc. No. 1 at 2; Doc. No. 12-23 at 5-7.1 Petitioner alleges 22 four separate constitutional violations based on: (1) juror bias; (2) the trial court’s decision 23 to excuse a juror during the trial; (3) the admission into evidence of his out-of-court 24 25
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