Hackett v. Towns

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PATRICK M. HACKETT, DECISION AND ORDER Petitioner, 1:19-CV-00901 EAW V. GERARD JONES, Superintendent of Cayuga Correctional Facility, Respondent. 1. INTRODUCTION Patrick M. Hackett (“Petitioner”) has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. 1). Petitioner challenges the constitutionality of the judgment entered against him on November 13, 2014, in Genesee County Court of New York State (Moran, J.), following a jury verdict convicting him of third-degree rape (New York Penal Law (“P.L.’’) §…