Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Brown
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 25, 2009No. 1:06-cr-00116PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
SEYBERT, District Judge:
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Petitioner Hassan Nelson seeks to vacate his state court conviction. Mr. Nelson’s original petition raised numerous grounds for relief, and Mr. Nelson has since moved to amend it to include additional grounds. For the foregoing reasons, Mr. Nelson’s petition is GRANTED and his conviction is VACATED. Mr. Nelson’s motion to amend is also GRANTED.
BACKGROUND
On January 14, 1999, two individuals entered Thrifty Distributing’s (“Thrifty”) offices in Hempstead, New York, and perpetrated an armed robbery, escaping with…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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