Timothy Handel v. Thomas Griffin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK TIMOTHY HANDEL, Petitioner, OPINION AND ORDER -against- 17-CV-01439 (PMH) THOMAS GRIFFIN, Respondent. PHILIP M. HALPERN, United States District Judge: Timothy Handel (“Petitioner”), in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Doc. 1, “Petition”), challenges the judgment of the New York State County Court, Orange County, as affirmed by the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department, convicting him of murder in the second degree and two counts of tampering with physical evidence. (Petition…