Legal Opinion
Lynch v. Dolce
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 18, 2015No. Docket No. 14-1675-prPublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:
Robert Lynch appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. The state court refused Lynch’s trial counsel’s request to charge the jury that, to find Lynch guilty of first-degree robbery by using or threatening the immediate use of a dangerous instrument, it had to find that Lynch actually possessed a dangerous instrument at the time of the crime. Although trial counsel made a full record on that request, and cited the applicable New York Court of Appeals case holding such…
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