Clark v. Perez

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

[Wjhere denial of the constitutional right to assistance of counsel is asserted, its peculiar sacredness demands that we scrupulously review the record.

— Avery v. State of Alabama, 308 U.S. 444, 447, 60 S.Ct. 321, 84 L.Ed. 377 (1940).

The Sixth Amendment stands as a constant admonition that if the constitutional safeguards it provides be lost, justice will not ‘still be done.’

— Johnson v. Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458, 462, 58 S.Ct. 1019, 82 L.Ed. 1461 (1938).

I. INTRODUCTION

Judith Clark seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to section 2254 of Title 28 of the…