Beniquez v. Johnson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JOSE BENIQUEZ, Petitioner, 21 Civ. 1467 (PAE) -v- OPINION & ORDER JAY JOHNSON, Respondent. PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: On February 18, 2021, petitioner Jose Beniquez filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

against his warden, Jay Johnson. Dkt. 2 (“Pet.”). Beniquez challenges the January 25, 2017 judgment of conviction entered by the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan after a trial by jury, which found him guilty of second-degree murder in violation of New York Penal Law (“NYPL”) §…