Hill v. Annucci

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK MICHAEL J. HILL, Petitioner, DECISION AND ORDER v. 6:21-CV-06373 EAW ANTHONY J. ANNUCCI, Respondent. INTRODUCTION Pro se petitioner Michael J. Hill (“Petitioner”) has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his September 2018 conviction in Niagara County Court for assault in the second degree. The operative pleading is the amended petition, which sets forth the following claims: (1) Petitioner’s guilty plea was not knowing, voluntary, and intelligent because he entered into a conditional…