Soto v. Conway

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

DEARIE, Chief Judge.

Pro se petitioner, Jose Soto, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons stated below, the petition is denied.

BACKGROUND

The incident which led to petitioner’s conviction began on the afternoon of December 10, 2001. Defendant was sitting in a Jeep parked outside a methadone clinic in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn when he was confronted by George Lopez. When Lopez attempted to grab petitioner’s necklace, a struggle ensued. Soon thereafter, William Muniz, who had been robbed by petitioner in a prior incident,…