Legal Opinion
Williams v. McCoy
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 3, 1998No. 95 CV 5098PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GERSHON, District Judge.
■In this pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, petitioner Luis Williams challenges his November 28, 1989 conviction, after a jury trial in New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County (Harrington, J.). Petitioner was convicted of rape and sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of five to fifteen years.
On direct appeal, the Appellate Division unanimously affirmed the conviction, holding that the evidence was legally sufficient to establish petitioner’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; that the verdict was not…
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