Legal Opinion
Poventud v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 19, 2013No. Docket 12-1011-cvPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge JACOBS dissents in a separate opinion.
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
In June 1998, plaintiff-appellant Marcos Poventud was convicted of attempted murder in the second degree, attempted robbery in the first degree, assault in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. He was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison. Po-ventud ultimately succeeded in having his conviction vacated, but the prosecution appealed, and Poventud was denied bail. Rather than await a new trial in custody, Poventud pled guilty to a lesser charge for which the penalty was a one-year…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Spencer v. KemnaSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by11 opinions
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