Legal Opinion
Catala v. Bennett
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 21, 2003No. 02 Civ. 2857(VM)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
MARRERO, District Judge.
Pro se petitioner Victor Catala (“Cata-la”), incarcerated at New York State’s El-mira Correctional Facility (“Elmira”) following his conviction on a guilty plea for murder and other charges, seeks a writ of habeas corpus (the “Petition”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Catala claims that: (1) by fraudulently misrepresenting themselves, police officers coerced him into giving a videotaped confession despite his request for counsel; (2) his Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights were violated when he was not allowed to testify before the grand jury by…
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- Sandvik v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
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