James De Vonish v. John P. Keane, Superintendent

James De Vonish appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988). In his petition, De Vonish claimed that his New York state burglary convictions were unconstitutionally obtained because the indictment failed to specify the particular crime De Vonish intended to commit upon entering the dwellings. We affirm.

I

In April 1986, De Vonish broke into and robbed two Manhattan apartments while carrying a switchblade. The police apprehended him near the scene…