Legal Opinion
Perez v. Lee
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 13, 2023No. 1:14-cv-05763-JPO-BCMUnknown
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK REYNALDO PEREZ, Petitioner, 14-CV-5763 (JPO) -v- OPINION AND ORDER WILLIAM LEE, Respondent. J. PAUL OETKEN, District Judge: Petitioner Reynaldo Perez brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In 1996, Perez was convicted in state court of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. Perez’s mother hired a lawyer to appeal his conviction, but that lawyer did not pursue the appeal. The New York Court of Appeals concluded that Perez had forfeited his right to appeal, and Perez seeks habeas relief on…
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