Legal Opinion
Mask v. McGinnis
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 4, 1998No. 97 CIV. 6019(DC)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHIN, District Judge.
Petitioner Ronald Mask petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his February 20, 1992 convictions for two counts of Robbery in the First Degree and one count of Robbery in the Third Degree on the ground that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. For the reasons that follow, the petition will be granted, unless respondents agree to (i) reduce petitioner’s sentence to a term of eight to sixteen years or (ii) grant him a new trial.
BACKGROUND
A. The…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Weatherford v. BurseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. William Day, A/K/A William McNeilCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ronald Mask v. Michael McGinnis Superintendent, Southport Correctional Facility Dennis C. Vacco, New York State Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Ferrara v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2005
- People v. GarciaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Shiwlochan v. PortuondoDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2004
- Slevin v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1999
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