Edwards v. Chappius

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK nee nee re eee ene eee □□□ neem neennK KEITH EDWARDS, Petitioner, MEMORANDUM & ORDER -against- 13 CV 2648 (RJD) PAUL CHAPPIUS, Respondent. anna nnn nnn □□ □□ nnn nnn nnn nnn ne eee K DEARIE, District Judge. Before the Court is petitioner Keith Edwards’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2254. Petitioner was convicted in 2006, after a jury trial at which he testified in Supreme Court, Queens County, of first-degree assault, NY Penal Law (“PL”) §120.10(1)), and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth…