Legal Opinion
Smith v. West
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided August 7, 2009No. 04-CV-0413(VEB)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
VICTOR E. BIANCHINI, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. Background
Pro se petitioner William Smith (“Smith” or “petitioner”) has filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking release from state custody on the basis that his judgment of conviction following a jury trial on two counts of Robbery in the First Degree, one count of Burglary in the First Degree and one count of Assault in the First Degree.
The prosecutor’s proof at trial showed that on March 26,1996, petitioner attacked the victim at her home, presumably with a knife, slitting her…
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