Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Mazzuca
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 28, 2005No. 04-0528PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Matthews, who was convicted after a 1997 jury trial in New York Supreme Court on one count of first-degree robbery, two counts of third-degree burglary, and one count of resisting arrest for incidents occurring on three separate dates, asserts that he was entitled to federal habeas relief from the district court on either of two grounds: (1) the ineffective assistance of trial counsel in investigating and preserving an alibi defense to the October 15, 1996 burglary charge; and (2) the state trial court’s violation of his Sixth Amendment right to present favorable witness…
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