Taylor v. Rivera

SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner Phillip A. Taylor appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas relief from his New York State conviction, following a jury trial, for attempted robbery in the first and second degrees, see N.Y. Penal Law §§ 110.00, 160.10[1], 160.15[4], and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, see id. § 265.01[1], This court granted a certificate of appealability on Taylor’s sufficiency challenge to the “display” element of first-degree attempted robbery. We review de novo a district court’s denial of a writ of habeas corpus. See Cornell v. Kirkpatrick, 665 F.3d…