Legal Opinion
Usher v. Ercole
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 4, 2010No. 06-cv-1126PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS, District Judge.
Petitioner Roy Usher (“Usher”) brings a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 2001 conviction in New York State Supreme Court, Kings County, for Course Of Sexual Conduct Against A Child in the first degree. Usher challenges the conviction on the ground that his trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance. Specifically, Usher asserts that his trial counsel (1) failed to challenge the only physical evidence of sexual contact between the defendant and the complainant by, inter…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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