Rogers v. Griffin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _________________________________________ DARRELL ROGERS, Petitioner, DECISION AND ORDER -vs- 17-CV-6597 (CJS) THOMAS GRIFFIN, Respondent. _________________________________________ Petitioner Darrell Rogers1 (“Rogers”) filed pro se the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

to challenge his conviction by plea in New York Supreme Court, Erie County for rape in the first degree, predatory sexual assault, and robbery in the first degree. Plea Hr’g Tr., 2:21–25, May 16, 2011. He contends that his plea was…