Lawrence P. Dixon v. Thomas J. Miller, Acting Superintendent, Woodbourne Correctional Facility

Judge UNDERHILL dissents in a separate opinion.

F.I. PARKER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Lawrence P. Dixon appeals from a Memorandum and Order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Nina Ger-shon, Judge), issued July 14, 1999, denying his application for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On August 19, 1999, Judge Gershon granted Dixon a certificate of appealability on the issue of the sufficiency of the evidence.

Dixon challenges a June 23, 1982 judgment of the New York Supreme Court, Kings County, convicting him after a jury trial in…