District Court, N.D. California September 30, 2016, No. C-92-1627 EMC (Taylor v. Davis)

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER RE CLAIM 3(A)

EDWARD M. CHEN, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

Petitioner was convicted and sentenced to death for the robbery, attempted rape, and murder of an 84-year-old woman in January 1985. The California Supreme Court affirmed Petitioner’s conviction and death sentence in 1990. People v. Taylor, 52 Cal.3d 719, 276 Cal.Rptr. 391, 801 P.2d 1142 (1990).