Legal Opinion
KOPP v. Fischer
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided September 16, 2011No. 08-CV-0572 MATPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
MICHAEL A. TELESCA, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Represented by counsel Arthur Wash-burn, Jr., Esq., James Charles Kopp (“Kopp” or “Petitioner”) has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the constitutionality of his detention in Respondent’s custody as the result of a judgment of conviction entered on May 9, 2003, for intentional murder following a bench trial on stipulated facts in Erie County Court (Amico, J.).
II. Factual Background and Procedural History
On the evening of October 23, 1998, Petitioner, armed with an SKS…
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