Legal Opinion
Dixon v. Miller
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 14, 1999No. 97 CV 0532(NG)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GERSHON, District Judge.
Petitioner Lawrence Dixon seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dixon was convicted in 1982 after a jury trial in absentia in New York State Supreme Court, Kings County, of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree (N.Y. Penal Law § 220.21[1]) and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree (N.Y. Penal Law § 265.02[4]). He was sentenced to concurrent sentences of fifteen years to life and one to three years, and was released on parole in July 1998 after having served the minimum fifteen year…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Lawrence P. Dixon v. Thomas J. Miller, Acting Superintendent, Woodbourne Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Murden v. ArtuzDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2001
- Carr v. FischerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2003
- Lawrence P. Dixon v. Thomas J. Miller, Acting Superintendent, Woodbourne Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002