Legal Opinion
Durden v. Greene
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 26, 2007No. 06 Civ. 2580 (VM)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
VICTOR MARRERO, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Pro se petitioner Tracy Durden (“Dur-den”) seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Durden was convicted in New York State Supreme Court, New York County (the “trial court”), of one count of robbery in the second degree in violation of New York Penal Law § 160.10(1) and sentenced to imprisonment for a determinate term of 12 years. In his petition, Durden asserts the following grounds as basis for habeas relief: (1) the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, (2) the trial court’s instruction to the jury…
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