Legal Opinion
Zimmerman v. Burge
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 25, 2007No. 06 CV 1007(ARR)(LB)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROSS, District Judge.
Pro se petitioner Nicholas Zimmerman filed the instant petition for a writ of habe-as corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on February 16, 2006. In his petition, Mr. Zimmerman raises the following claims: (1) he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel by (a) counsel’s decision to forgo pre-trial motions and investigation of petitioner’s alibi defense in order to proceed directly to trial and (b) counsel’s failure to list certain alibi witnesses on the notice of alibi and to call other defense witnesses; (2) the trial court violated his right…
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