Johns v. Coughlin

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NICKERSON, District Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that he received ineffective assistance of his appointed appellate counsel in violation of his Sixth Amendment rights.

Petitioner was convicted in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County, of burglary in the second degree, petit larceny, and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree. On February 22, 1984, the court sentenced him as a persistent felony offender to a term of nine years to life on the burglary count and to concurrent terms…