Opinion
S192958
02-13-2019
ELLIOT (MARCHAND) ON H.C.
Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied (AA)
This petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in this court on May 9, 2011, before the effective date of Proposition 66, the “Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 2016.” (See Briggs v. Brown (2017) 3 Cal.5th 808, 862, rehg. den. Oct. 25, 2017.) Under section 1509, subdivision (g) of the Penal Code, the court exercises its authority to retain this petition and decide it.
The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied on the merits.
Claims 3, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, except to the extent they allege ineffective assistance of counsel, are procedurally barred under In re Waltreus (1965) 62 Cal.2d 218, 225, to the extent they were raised and rejected on appeal.