Legal Opinion
Brown v. Greene
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 13, 2009No. Docket 07-5383-prPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellant Dwayne Brown was convicted of second-degree robbery after a jury trial in 2002 in the New York State Supreme Court. On appeal thereafter to the First Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, Brown argued that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective. The jury charge, Brown contended, may have led the jury to convict him under a preponderance of the evidence standard and not, as is constitutionally required, under the beyond a reasonable doubt standard. According to Brown, trial counsel’s failure to object to the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Victor v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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