Malaki Shakur Latine, A/K/A Gregory Latine v. Louis F. Mann, Superintendent, Shawangunk Correctional Facility

DALY, District Judge.

Respondent-appellant Louis F. Mann appeals on behalf of the State of New York from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lawrence M. McKenna, Judge) granting petitioner-appellee Gregory Latine’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 830 F.Supp. 774. For the reasons stated below, we vacate the judgment of the district court and remand with directions to dismiss the writ.

BACKGROUND

The evidence introduced at the petitioner’s trial revealed the following facts. The petitioner, José Saldana, Jamal Thomas and Ark-il Shakur…