Legal Opinion
Torres v. McGrath
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 3, 2006No. 04 Civ. 7971(DC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
Pro se petitioner Luis Torres petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Torres pled guilty to attempted reckless endangerment in the first degree in violation of New York Penal Law §§ 110.00 and 120.25. He was sentenced as a second felony offender to an indeterminate term of one and a half to three years imprisonment. He now contends that his constitutional rights were violated because (1) his plea allocution was insufficient to establish his guilt and (2) both trial and appellate counsel provided ineffective assistance. For the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by11 opinions
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