Legal Opinion
Berger v. Stinson
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided May 1, 2000No. 6:97-cv-06150PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Petitioner, Richard Berger, while confined at Great Meadow Correctional Facili ty, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Berger was convicted on June 13, 1986, following a jury trial in Supreme Court, Monroe County, of Murder in the Second Degree. N.Y.Penal L. § 125.25(1). This charge arose out of the shooting death of James Siggelow in 1985. Berger was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of twenty-five years to life.
Berger appealed his conviction to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, alleging…
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- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Stone v. StinsonDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2000
- Penick v. FilionDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2001