Legal Opinion
Singletary v. Fischer
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 20, 2005No. 1:01-cv-08016PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, ORDER and JUDGMENT
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
I. Introduction
This case raises a difficult issue on the adequacy of counsel at the state trial in failing properly to explore the falsity of an intellectually-impaired person’s confession to killing his niece during a police interrogation using “trickery.” For the reasons indicated below the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is granted.
II. Procedure
By memorandum and order of September 10, 2003, see Singletary v. Fischer, 227 F.R.D. 209 (E.D.N.Y.2005), this court ruled that other grounds raised in petitioner’s request for a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Commonwealth v. DiGiambattistaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Singletary v. FischerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2003
- Town of Pound Ridge v. IntroneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- People v. BlockerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Singletary v. FischerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2003
- People v. RosarioNew York Supreme Court · 2008