Legal Opinion
Morris v. Bennett
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 7, 2024No. 1:24-cv-02696Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------x HOWARD MORRIS, Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 24-CV-2696 (RPK) (LB) STACIE BENNETT, Respondent. ----------------------------------------------------x RACHEL P. KOVNER, United States District Judge: Petitioner Howard Morris is serving a state prison sentence of twenty years to life after being convicted of second-degree murder and attempted first-degree assault in New York. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus under
28 U.S.C. § 2254
on two grounds. First, he argues that his guilty…
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