Legal Opinion
DeLuca v. Lord
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 13, 1996No. 1705, Docket 94-2418PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert J. Ward, Judge, granting Sheila Ryan DeLuca’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, setting aside her New York state court conviction for murder in the second degree, and ordering a new trial. See DeLuca v. Lord, 858 F.Supp. 1330 (S.D.N.Y.1994). The district court granted the petition on the grounds that DeLuea’s counsel in her state court trial was ineffective in two respects: first, in failing to adequately investigate, prepare for, and advise DeLuca of a…
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