Legal Opinion
Caston v. Costello
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 11, 1999No. 97CV7623 (ARR)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROSS, District Judge.
On October 17, 1995, petitioner, James Caston, was convicted following a jury trial in New York Supreme Court, Queens County, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree in violation of N.Y.Penal Law § 220.39(1). He was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of four to twelve years.
After exhausting direct appeals in state court, Caston petitioned this court on December 30, 1997 for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Caston claims that the trial court denied him the equal protection of law when, having found a prima…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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