Legal Opinion

Shih Wei Su v. Gary H. Filion, Superintendent, Coxsackie Correctional Facility

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 11, 2003No. Docket 02-2683PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Shih Wei Su has brought a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction in New York state court on two counts of attempted murder in the second degree, two counts of assault in the first degree, and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. He claims that the prosecution misled the trial court concerning the cooperation agreement it had with a key witness, Jeffrey Tom, and that the prosecution knowingly allowed Tom to perjure himself.

The district court (Ross, •/.) first found that the state…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Luis Jimenez v. Hans Walker, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  2. Rosencrantz v. LaflerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
  3. Drake v. PortuondoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
  4. Guzman v. GreeneDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2006
  5. Velazquez v. PooleDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2007

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