Goldy v. Tierney

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

ARTHUR J. TARNOW, District Judge.

Petitioner Kent Jay Goldy has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner, who was serving a five-year term of probation at the time he filed his petition, challenges two firearms-related convictions on the ground that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. The Court finds that Petitioner received ineffective assistance of counsel and suffered resulting prejudice because: (i) trial counsel failed to argue for the exclusion of damaging impeachment…