Legal Opinion
Lopez v. Walker
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 3, 2003No. 01 CIV. 3950(WK)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
WHITMAN KNAPP, Senior District Judge.
Eliot Lopez (“Lopez” or “Petitioner”) seeks a writ of habeas corpus from his conviction in Supreme Court, Bronx County upon his guilty plea of six counts of Murder in the Second Degree (PL 125.25[1]), for which he was sentenced to an aggregate term of 30 years to life imprisonment. (Barrett, J.) In his petition, Lopez seeks relief based on the following grounds: (1) that his conviction was obtained by a guilty plea not made voluntarily, as Lopez was psychologically impaired and (2) trial and prior appellate counsel were ineffective in…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Thompson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
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- People v. BelferAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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