Legal Opinion
Figueroa v. Portuondo
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 10, 1999No. 97 Civ. 2920(AKH)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HELLERSTEIN, District Judge.
On July 8, 1981, Carlos Figueroa, the Petitioner, and two others were convicted after trial in the Supreme Court, Bronx County, of holding up a gasoline station and the killing of its owner. Petitioner, however, was not identified by witnesses as having taken part in the robbery or homicide, and no physical evidence linked him to the crime. The sufficiency of the real and testimonial- evidence was questionable. Petitioner made three statements that placed him at the scene of the crime, but he denied active and willing participation in either the robbery or…
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