Desjardins v. Racette

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------x JOCELYN DESJARDINS, Petitioner, MEMORANDUM & ORDER -against- 15 CV 526 (RJD) STEVEN RECETTE, Respondent. -----------------------------------------------------x DEARIE, District Judge. Before the Court is the application of petitioner Jocelyn Desjardins for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted in 2009, after trial in Supreme Court, Kings County, of five counts of robbery in the first degree (

N.Y. P.L. § 160.15

[4]), five counts of robbery in…