Legal Opinion
Sutton v. Herbert
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 10, 1999No. 98 Civ. 0088(WCC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM C. CONNER, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner Walter Sutton brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking to overturn his conviction in County Court, Rockland County, for Manslaughter in the Second Degree. Petitioner contends that his conviction should be overturned because: 1) the trial court improperly allowed the prosecutor to admit hearsay evidence regarding uncharged crimes; 2) remarks made by the prosecutor during summation deprived him of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and 3) the…
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