Legal Opinion
Michael Thompson v. Walter Kelly, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 18, 1994No. 997, Docket 93-2618PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
Michael Thompson appeals from a judgment entered August 19,1993 in the Western District of New York (Skretny, J.) dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In 1980, Michael was jointly tried with his brother Mark in New York Supreme Court, Erie County for a 1979 Buffalo clothing store robbery in which four people were stabbed, two fatally. Neither Michael nor Mark testified. Both defendants’ confessions were introduced at trial. Michael asserted in his § 2254 petition in the district court that the introduction of Mark’s confession violated…
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