DeChirico v. Walker

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

DEARIE, Chief Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, the application is denied, and the petition is dismissed.

Background

Around 1:00 a.m. on September 14, 1988, Judith Anne Wrappe, a young Pratt Institute art student who had just arrived in New York City, was senselessly murdered near campus on Hall Street in Brooklyn. The case attracted significant media attention, and within days, petitioner was arrested. The evidence at trial established that petitioner struggled with Wrappe over her purse, shot her at…