Plunkett v. Keane

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied for the reasons stated orally on the record at a hearing before this court at which petitioner was present by telephone. This memorandum briefly addresses petitioner’s claims.

Petitioner was charged with second degree murder and robbery for a fatal stabbing during a robbery in a Brooklyn park. The state’s evidence relied largely on the testimony of petitioner’s alleged accomplice, Edward Armstead, who pled guilty to manslaughter and received a sentence of 12-1/2 to 25 years in prison. Armstead testified that…