Santana v. Kuhlmann

ORDER

BERMAN, District Judge.

I. Background

On April 15, 1997, Osvaldo Santana (“Petitioner” or “Santana”), proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition”), challenging his April 21, 1999 convictions in the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, for, among other things, Murder in the Second Degree (New York Penal Law § 125.25[3]), Attempted Robbery in the First Degree (New York Penal Law §§ 110/160.15[1]), and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (New York Penal Law §§ 265.03). Santana was sentenced to an…