Legal Opinion
Castillo v. Walsh
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 3, 2006No. 05 CIV. 4499(VM)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
MARRERO, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Pro se petitioner Elvis Castillo (“Castillo”) seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Castillo was convicted in New York State Supreme Court, New York County, of six counts each of first and second degree robbery and was sentenced to an aggregate term of 30 years’ imprisonment. In his petition, Castillo asserts that he is entitled to the writ because (1) he was deprived of a fair trial on account of the trial court’s failure to give limiting instructions on uncharged crimes evidence, (2) the evidence adduced at trial…
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- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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