Legal Opinion
Simms v. LaClair
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided January 6, 2011No. 07-CV-6307(VEB)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
VICTOR E. BIANCHINI, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. Introduction
Petitioner pro se Charles Simms (“Simms” or “Petitioner”) has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the constitutionality of his detention in state custody. Sims is incarcerated pursuant to a judgment of conviction entered against him following a jury trial of four counts of robbery in the second degree, which arose out of two separate incidents.
The parties have consented to disposition of this matter by a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1).
II.…
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