Legal Opinion

Lyons v. Johnson

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 16, 1996No. 92 Civ. 8663 (KMW)PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge.

John Lyons brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his conviction for attempted murder in the second degree, N.Y. Penal Law §§ 110.00,125.25, following a jury trial in New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County. 1 Based on this conviction, Lyons is currently serving an indeterminate sentence, imposed on April 16, 1990, of from eight and one third to twenty-five years of imprisonment. 2

On appeal, New York’s Appellate Division, First Department, affirmed Lyons’s conviction. People v. Lyons, 180…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Victor Hassine v. Charles Zimmerman, Superintendent, and the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
  2. Surinder Bains v. Gomez, Director, Steve Cambra James H.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  3. John Robert Tapia v. Ernest C. Roe, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
  4. Hanna v. RivelandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  5. John F. Lyons v. Sally B. Johnson, Superintendent, Orleans Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996

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