Legal Opinion
Edmonds v. McGinnis
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 2, 1998No. 97 Civ. 7001(DC)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHIN, District Judge.
Petitioner Kareem Edmonds brings this pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his January 29, 1992 conviction in the Supreme Court of the State of New Court, New York County, for murder in the second degree (New York Penal Law § 125.25[1]). For the reasons set forth below, the petition is dismissed.
BACKGROUND
In the mid-1980’s, Troy Sutton began selling crack out of a partially abandoned tenement building on West 140th Street in Manhattan. Petitioner, along with Jamal Eaddy, Ernest Rock, Frederick Chappie,…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by6 opinions
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