Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Sullivan
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 21, 1987No. 85 Civ. 4014 (CBM)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTLEY, District Judge.
Petitioner Walter Sanders is currently serving concurrent sentences of from five to fifteen years pursuant to his convictions for manslaughter in the second degree, two counts of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees. Petitioner was convicted of these crimes by a jury in the New York County Supreme Court and now seeks federal habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254(a).
Because this court has concluded that an evidentiary hearing on certain of petitioner’s…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by7 opinions
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