Legal Opinion
Franco v. Walsh
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 4, 2003No. 02-2377PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*518SUMMARY ORDER
In 1998, in the New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County, Petitioner Franco and two co-defendants were charged with robbery and attempted murder in connection with an incident that took place in 1993. The victim, Michael Smith, had been attempting to sell a leather jacket in the vicinity of a building where the defendants were drinking beer. According to testimony at trial, Franco told two witnesses that he had taken the jacket from Mr. Smith, refused to return it, and then hit Mr. Smith over the head with a beer bottle. Then he and his co-defendants reportedly attacked the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Thomas Garcia v. Hazel Lewis, Superintendent, Hale Creek Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- People v. FrancoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Scott v. FisherDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2009
- People v. YoungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- People v. YoungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Then v. KeyserDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2020