Latine v. Mann

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

McKENNA, District Judge.

I

Petitioner, convicted, following a trial by jury, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, in October 1981, of attempted murder in the first degree, assault in the first degree, and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, and sentenced, as a predicate felony offender, to twenty-five years to life and concurrent lesser terms, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1

In a decision dated April 16, 1981, Justice Burton B. Roberts denied petitioner’s pretrial motion for a severance based…