Legal Opinion
Peter Grassia v. Charles Scully, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 8, 1989No. Docket 131, 89-2157PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-appellant Peter Grassia appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kenneth Conboy, Judge), denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Grassia asserts that his attorney induced his plea of guilty to second degree murder through fraud and misrepresentation, thereby depriving him of his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel. The matter was referred to Magistrate Kathleen A. Roberts, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) (1982), who conducted an evidentiary hearing and…
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