Legal Opinion
Washington v. Poole
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 28, 2007No. 06 Civ. 2415(JGK)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge.
The petitioner William Washington seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to set aside his conviction and sentence in the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, for grand larceny in the fourth degree, a violation of N.Y. Penal Law § 155.30(5), for taking a person’s wallet. The petitioner was sentenced pursuant to New York’s persistent felony offender statute, N.Y. Penal Law § 70.10, to an indeterminate prison term of twenty years to life, but the term was reduced by the Appellate Division to fifteen years to life. The…
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- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
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