Georgiadis v. SUPERINTENDENT, EASTERN CORRECTIONAL

MEMORANDUM

TENNEY, District Judge.

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus is brought by a New York state prisoner serving a sentence imposed after a conviction entered upon a plea of guilty to assault in the second degree. Petitioner entered his plea while maintaining his innocence pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970). The Appellate Division affirmed the judgment of conviction without opinion, People v. Georgiadis, 55 A.D.2d 513, 389 N.Y.S.2d 211 (1st Dep’t 1976), and leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals was denied. 41 N.Y.2d 866, 397…