Legal Opinion
Gersten v. Senkowski
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 15, 2004No. 2:02-cv-03973PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, JUDGMENT & ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
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I. Introduction
Sexual abuse of a daughter by her father is a heinous crime. Here the trial record graphically details almost-nightly rapes and sodomizing of a young girl in her family home by her parent over many years. Such an accusation requires a skilled defense. See Eze v. Senkowski, 321 F.3d 110 (2d Cir.2003); Pavel v. Hollins, 261 F.3d 210 (2d Cir.2001); Lindstadt v. Keane, 239 F.3d 191 (2d Cir.2001) (importance of effective representation for defendants in child sexual abuse prosecutions). Since such cases…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ben Gersten v. Daniel Senkowski, Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- State v. SchoonmakerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2008
- In re M.P.A.Texas Supreme Court · 2012
- Burch v. MillasDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2009
- Saunders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2016
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