Legal Opinion
Carson v. Fischer
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 1, 2004No. 1:03-cv-04746PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
KORMAN, Chief Judge.
Petitioner Uniko Carson seeks habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 from his 1999 conviction for criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree. After a jury trial, petitioner was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 15 years to life. The Appellate Division affirmed the conviction, People v. Carson, 292 A.D.2d 461, 740 N.Y.S.2d 346 (2d Dep’t 2002), and petitioner’s application for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals was denied. People v. Carson, 98 N.Y.2d 673, 746 N.Y.S.2d 462, 774 N.E.2d 227 (2002).
Briefly, petitioner does…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
17 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by1 opinion
- Uniko Carson v. Brian Fischer, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Eliot L. Spitzer, New York State Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005