Petition DENIED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 24, 2007.

Reply of petitioner Richard Ramirez filed.

Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 23, 2007.

Motion (06M59) of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis without an affidavit of indigency executed by petitioner Granted. (orders list)

MOTION (06M59) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 16, 2007.

Motion (06M59) of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis without an affidavit of indigency executed by petitioner filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 22, 2007)

Richard Ramirez, Petitioner, represented by Geraldine S. Russell

California, Respondent, represented by Margaret E. Maxwell

California, Respondent, represented by Edmund G. Brown Jr.