Legal Opinion
Ricketts v. Mazzuca
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 11, 2003No. 0:99-cv-08472PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
Eddie Ricketts (“Ricketts”) petitions for a writ of habeas corpus from his 1996 conviction in state court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons stated below, Rickett’s petition is denied.
On October 27, 1995, Loreen White walked to work on Park Avenue, in Union-dale, New York. Ricketts and his co-defendant, Ricardo Ricketts (“Ricardo”), approached Ms. White with a gun drawn and demanded money. When Ms. White stated that she did not have any money, the two men forced her into a van occupied by two more co-defendants, Mark Seymour…
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