Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Headley
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 28, 1999No. 98 Civ. 7608 LBSPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SAND, District Judge.
James Patterson (“Patterson”) petitions this Court pro se for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Patterson was convicted after a jury trial in the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, for the criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree in violation of New York Penal Law § 220.39. The court sentenced Patterson to a term of imprisonment of five to ten years. On July 2, 1998, the Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously affirmed the conviction. See People v. Patterson, 252 A.D.2d 351, 351, 675…
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