Best v. Griffin

SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner-Appellant Sean Best appeals from the district court’s decision denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on alleged constitutional defects in his criminal conviction in a New York court. He claims that the New York trial court’s failure to order an evaluation of his competency prior to accepting his plea of guilty and imposing sentence amounted to a violation of his constitutional right to due process of law. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.

We review de novo a…