Legal Opinion
Cordero v. Rivera
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 29, 2009No. 05 Civ. 9758(SHS)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
SIDNEY H. STEIN, District Judge.
Petitioner Angel Cordero seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. As initially filed in October 2005, the petition sought relief based on five asserted claims of error stemming from Cordero’s June 2000 New York state court conviction for robbery, attempted murder, assault, and resisting arrest. However, in February 2007, this petition was stayed at Cordero’s request so as to allow a New York state court to review “newly discovered evidence” that Cordero claimed established his innocence. That evidence — a confession by another…
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