Cochrane v. McGinnis

Amended Memorandum, Order and Judgment

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

This is a strange and troubling case of a faceless, violent motorcyclist who shot the driver of an automobile in a fit of road rage. Whether that cyclist is petitioner was the question for the jury. It found that he was.

I. Introduction:

Petitioner, a young man gainfully employed in the film industry with no criminal record, was convicted of attempted murder, assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon following a state jury trial in February 1997. He was sentenced to from ten to twenty years in prison.…