Legal Opinion
Walter Sanders v. James E. Sullivan and Robert Abrams, the Attorney General of the State of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 16, 1990No. 747, Docket 89-2383PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
The State of New York appeals the order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, Constance Baker Motley, Judge, granting the petition of Walter Sanders for a writ of habeas corpus. Having traveled a lengthy procedural route, Sanders’s habeas petition comes before us again following our remand. See Sanders v. Sullivan, 863 F.2d 218 (2d Cir.1988) (Sanders I).
After a 1982 jury trial in New York County, Sanders was sentenced to concurrent terms of five to fifteen years’ imprisonment for his conviction of second degree manslaughter, first and second…
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