Legal Opinion

Geames v. Henderson

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided March 2, 1990No. CV 89-2332Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

WEXLER, District Judge.

On November 22, 1989, pro se petitioner Leroy Geames was granted a writ of habe-as corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for excessive delay in the determination of his state court appeal from a conviction after trial for first degree burglary. This Court ordered that petitioner be retried if the state appellate court did not ultimately decide his appeal within a specified time. The judgment was entered November 29, 1989. On January 16, 1990, 550 N.Y.S.2d 39, the Appellate Division, Second Department, issued its decision and order affirming the judgment of conviction,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Charles Alexander v. David Harris, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  2. Wheeler v. KellyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1986
  3. Geames v. HendersonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1989
  4. People v. GeamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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