Legal Opinion
Jacobson v. Henderson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 25, 1984No. 83 Civ. 4108 (JMC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CANNELLA, District Judge:
The petition of Howard Jacobson for a writ of habeas corpus is denied. 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
FACTS
Petitioner is currently confined at Auburn Correctional Facility pursuant to a judgment of the New York Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kapelman, J.), upon a jury verdict convicting him of second* degree murder. N.Y.Penal Law § 125.25[1] (McKinney 1975). Petitioner was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term of twenty-five years to life imprisonment.
Approximately eight months after the jury verdict, petitioner moved to vacate the judgment because of jury…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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