Legal Opinion
Noble v. Kelly
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 28, 2000No. 97 Civ. 6907(LBS)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAND, District Judge.
Casim Noble, a prisoner in state custody, petitions this Court for a writ of habe-as corpus. After a thorough examination of the record, we conclude that the Petitioner’s conviction was obtained in violation of his rights to present witnesses in his defense and to the effective assistance of counsel, both of which are guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. The petition is, therefore, granted.
Background
On October 26, 1989, at about 8:00 p.m., Dwight Usher, then 17 years old, was shot four times. Although the shooting was not fatal, the victim suffered severe injuries to…
2Cases cited87 opinions
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- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by12 opinions
- George Lindstadt v. John P. Keane, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Casim Noble v. Walter R. Kelly, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Kenneth G. Pavel v. Melvin L. Hollins, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney General of New York StateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Chrysler v. GuineyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2014
- Rosario v. ErcoleDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
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