Chrysler v. Guiney

DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judge:

In July 2000, an Orange County, New York jury returned a verdict convicting Petitioner-Appellant Gregory Chrysler (“Chrysler”) of second-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit second-degree murder, and fifth-degree conspiracy to possess marijuana. The state trial court (Berry, J.) denied Chrysler’s motion to set aside the verdict and sentenced him for each conviction to concurrent prison terms of twenty-five years to life, eight- and-a-third to twenty-five years, and one year, respectively. The New York Appellate Division, Second Department,…