Legal Opinion
Martin H. Tankleff v. D.A. Senkowski, Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 12, 1998No. 2063, Docket 97-2116PublishedCited by 339 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Martin Tankleff was convicted in New York state court for the murder of his parents, Seymour and Arlene Tankleff. On February 7, 1996, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Thomas C. Platt, Judge) denied Tankleff s petition on January 30, 1997. On February 28, 1997, Judge Platt granted Tankleff a certificate of appealability.
Tankleff raises four main claims in his habeas petition. First, he asserts that his Fifth Amendment rights were violated by the manner…
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