Williams v. McCarthy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JASON WILLIAMS, DECISION AND ORDER Petitioner, v. 1:19-CV-01007 EAW TIMOTHY McCARTHY, Respondent. I. INTRODUCTION Pro se petitioner Jason Williams (“Petitioner”) seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. 1). Petitioner is in Respondent’s custody pursuant to a judgment entered against him on May 27, 2015, in Erie County Court of New York State (Franczyk, J.). (Id. at 1).1 Petitioner was convicted after a jury trial of four counts of first- degree robbery (New York Penal Law (“P.L.”) § 160.15(1), (2) and (4)) and…