Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Cuomo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 9, 2011No. Docket 10-224-prPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellant John Rivera (“Rivera”) was convicted on September 19, 1997, of one count of depraved indifference murder in violation of New York Penal Law § 125.25(2) after his estranged wife died from a single gunshot wound to the head at point-blank range. In December 2003, the Appellate Division rejected Rivera’s direct appeal, People v. Rivera, 2 A.D.3d 884, 769 N.Y.S.2d 738 (2d Dep’t 2003), and, on April 14, 2004, the New York Court of Appeals denied Rivera leave to appeal to that court, People v. Rivera, 2 N.Y.3d 764, 778 N.Y.S.2d 783, 811 N.E.2d 45…
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