Legal Opinion
Monk v. Bradt
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided April 22, 2011No. 09-CV-0932(VEB)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
VICTOR E. BIANCHINI, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. Introduction
Petitioner pro se John Henry Monk (“Monk” or “Petitioner”) seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On December 6, 2006, Monk was indicted for the June 2005 murder of Sandra Hainesworth (“Hainesworth” or “the victim”) in her home. Monk became a suspect after detectives in the Buffalo Police Department’s “cold case” squad matched DNA evidence found at the crime scene to a DNA sample that Monk had previously submitted to the state-wide DNA databank. Following a jury trial in New York State…
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