Rafael Flores v. Joseph Demskie, Superintendent of Woodbourne Correctional Facility

215 F.3d 293 (2nd Cir. 2000)

RAFAEL FLORES, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

Joseph Demskie, Superintendent of Woodbourne Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

Docket No. 98-2558

August Term, 1998

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

Argued: April 14, 1999

Decided: June 15, 2000

Appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Michael B. Mukasey, Judge), denying the petitioner-appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We hold that the petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel when…