Colville v. Scully

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Petitioner,. now serving concurrent sentences of seven and a half to fifteen years following his conviction by a jury of the crimes of burglary in the second degree, grand larceny in the third degree, and crim*118inal mischief in the fourth degree, seeks a federal writ of habeas corpus to void the judgment of conviction upon claims of violation of his federal constitutional right to due process of law and adequate legal counsel. The conviction was affirmed upon appeal by the Appellate Division, Second Department,1 and leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals…