Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Smith
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 19, 2007No. 05 Civ. 10881(DC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
Pro se petitioner Richard Rodriguez petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Rodriguez was convicted on July 13, 1998, following a jury trial in the Supreme Court of New York, Bronx County, of murder in the first degree, two counts of murder in the second degree, and robbery in the first degree. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of life without the possibility of parole, two terms of 25 years to life, and 12.5 to 25 years imprisonment, respectively.
Rodriguez contests his conviction on the grounds that the trial court erred…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Matter of Rodriguez v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
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