Legal Opinion
Sevencan v. Herbert
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 31, 2001No. 00 CV 4001(ARR)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROSS, District Judge.
The petitioner, Salih Sevencan, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1 The petition and the respondent’s opposition raise the two primary questions arising from the exclusion of the petitioner’s wife from a portion of his state court trial. The first concerns whether a federal court conducting habeas review may consider evidence regarding the propriety of a family member’s exclusion when the trial court failed to conduct an adequate inquiry into the matter. The second question is whether evidence of a family…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Salih Sevencan v. Victor Herbert, Superintendent, Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Salih Sevencan v. Victor Herbert, Superintendent, Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Salih Sevencan v. Victor Herbert, Superintendent, Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Salih Sevencan v. Victor Herbert, Superintendent, Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002