Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Lord
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 29, 2004No. 2:03-cv-01857PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
Rosemary Thompson (“Thompson”), appearing pro se, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies Thompson’s petition.
BACKGROUND
On June 3, 1999, Rosemary Thompson stabbed her boyfriend Albert Carpenter (“Carpenter”) with a knife at her daughter’s home in Wyandanch, New York. Thompson, who had been drinking and was an intravenous drug user, claimed that Carpenter “scared” her into thinking he was going to drive while drunk. When he refused to give her the car…
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