Legal Opinion
Aponte v. Scully
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 19, 1990No. 88 CV 3995PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons discussed below, the petition is denied.
FACTS
Petitioner and two codefendants, Luis Maldonaldo and Anderson Garcia, were charged with the murders of Victor Martinez and Robert Toro. According to the two-count indictment, petitioner was an accessory to the Martinez murder and fired the shotgun that killed Toro. By a pretrial omnibus motion dated January 20, 1981, petitioner sought a severance of the two murder counts of the indictment. The motion to sever was…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Roberts v. ScullyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
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- Hughes v. PhillipsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006
- DeArmas v. New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1992
- Quinones v. MeachumDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1991