Legal Opinion
Erwin Jackson v. Arthur Leonardo, Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 3, 1998No. Docket 96-2984PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Erwin Jackson appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jacob Mish-ler, Judge) denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. We reverse.
*83FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Jackson was convicted by a Nassau County jury in 1985 of robbery in the first degree, in violation of N.Y. Penal Law § 160.15[4], and criminal use of a firearm in the first degree, in violation of N.Y. Penal Law § 265.09(2), each of which stemmed from a 1984 robbery of a jewelry store. Jackson was sentenced by the state court to concurrent…
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