Legal Opinion
New York Ex Rel. Moore v. New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 21, 2009No. 09-0019-prUnpublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Robert Moore was convicted in New York state court of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance near school grounds in violation of N.Y. Penal Law §§ 220.39 and 220.44, respectively. He now appeals from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We granted a certificate of appealability on the issue of whether Moore’s trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in failing to interview and call as a trial witness Joyce Dixon, Moore’s alleged buyer in the drug counts of…
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