Legal Opinion
Edkin v. Travis
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided July 1, 1997No. 6:96-cv-06247PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, David Edkin (“Edkin”), filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Edkin claims that his convictions for rape and endangering the welfare of a child were obtained in violation of his constitutional rights. For the reasons that follow, Edkin’s petition is dismissed.
BACKGROUND
On August 27, 1993, after a jury trial in Chemung County Court, Edkin was convicted of rape in the third degree and endangering the welfare of a child. Edkin received concurrent sentences of one to four years on the rape charge and…
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