Rodriguez v. Lee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK MARCOS RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, 19 Civ. 8398 (PAE) (SLC) -v- OPINION & ORDER WILLIAM LEE, Superintendent of the Eastern Correctional Facility, Respondent. PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: This decision addresses a post-conviction challenge to a state-court murder conviction. Petitioner Marcos Rodriguez brings a petition for a writ of habeas corpus (the “Petition”) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges a 2001 judgment (the “Judgment”) entered after his conviction at trial on two counts of second-degree murder in New York State Supreme…