Legal Opinion
Benjamin v. Greiner
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 9, 2003No. 1:02-cv-00189PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, JUDGMENT & ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied. No hearing on this matter is necessary. This memorandum briefly addresses petitioner’s claims.
I. Facts and Procedural History
A homicide prosecution based upon a botched abortion is rare today. Nevertheless, there were adequate grounds to charge petitioner with murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the second degree, criminally negligent homicide, and tampering with physical evidence in connection with an abortion that led to the death of a pregnant woman.
The evidence…
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