Valtin v. Hollins

DECISION AND ORDER

MARRERO, District Judge.

Pro se petitioner Manuel Valtin (“Val-tin”), incarcerated at New York State’s Mid-State Correctional Facility, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He claims that his state court conviction for Robbery in the Second Degree violated his rights under the Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution because: (a) his conviction was against the weight of the evidence, (b) the trial court’s refusal to deliver a consciousness of guilt charge to the jury deprived him of a fair trial, (c) the police did not…