Legal Opinion

Karlsen v. Kilpatrick

District Court, W.D. New York

Decided May 14, 2019No. 17-CV-6386LPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

DAVID G. LARIMER, United States District Judge

Petitioner Karl H. Karlsen has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his conviction and sentence in New York State Supreme Court, Seneca County of murder in the second degree (also known as "depraved indifference" murder) ( N.Y. Penal Law § 125.25(2) ), arising out of the death of his son Levi Karlsen ("Levi") on November 20, 2008. Karlsen is currently serving a sentence of fifteen years to life imprisonment.

For the following reasons, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied, and…

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Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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