Patiwana v. United States

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLOCK, District Judge:

In 1990, petitioner Rajan Patiwana (“Patiwana”) was convicted after trial by jury on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (the “1990 convictions”). He had previously been convicted for these crimes in 1987, but the Second Circuit reversed and remanded for retrial. See United States v. Tussa, 816 F.2d 58 (2d Cir.1987). Patiwana challenges the legality of his 1990 convictions…