Legal Opinion
Espinal v. Bennett
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 5, 2008No. Civil Action CV-00-1337 (DGT)(RLM), CV-00-6536 (DGT)(RLM)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TRAGER, District Judge.
Petitioner Ramon Espinal (“Ramon” or “petitioner”) 1 is currently serving a sentence of 58 and 1/3 years to life, following his conviction at trial on two counts of murder in the second degree, for the shooting deaths of Wilfredo Garcia (“Wilfredo”) and Alberto Montanez, and one count of attempted murder in the second degree, for the shooting of Jose Cortes (“Cortes”). Petitioner was also sentenced to a concurrent sentence of 5 to 15 years for criminal possession of a weapon.
The events under review are not recent history. The shootings took place two…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- House v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Turner v. DzurendaDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2009
- Rosario v. ErcoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
- United States v. VelazquezDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2016
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