Legal Opinion
Buitrago v. Scully
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 31, 1989No. 88 Civ. 0144(MEL)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
Armando Buitrago petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and moves for appointment of counsel. Buitrago was convicted of two counts of first degree robbery after a jury trial in the Supreme Court of New York, Bronx County. He was sentenced as a second violent felony offender to two concurrent 10-20 year terms of imprisonment. The Appellate Division affirmed the conviction without opinion. People v. Buitrago, 131 A.D.2d 981, 515 N.Y.S.2d 941 (1987). The New York State Court of Appeals denied Buitrago’s application for leave to…
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