Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Velez v. Artus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 27, 2008PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In 2003, petitioner was sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender to an aggregate prison term of 15 years to life upon his convictions of assault in the second degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, *1110criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. His convictions were affirmed upon appeal (People v Velez, 21 AD3d 262 [2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 760 [2005]) and his subsequent application for a federal writ of habeas corpus was denied (Velez v Ercole, 2006 WL…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- People ex rel. Persing v. LacyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- King v. BennettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Woodward v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
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