Legal Opinion
McKee v. Harris
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 21, 1980No. Civ. 79-1675 (RWS)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Petitioner Thomas McKee was convicted in state court of criminal sale of a controlled substance on May 5, 1976, and is currently serving a sentence of seven years to life at the Green Haven Correctional Facility. He seeks habeas corpus relief for alleged deprivations of his sixth amendment right to counsel and for other wrongs including allegedly improper cross-examination, failure to reinstruct the jury as requested and forced waiver of agency and entrapment defenses. Magistrate Kent Sinclair, Jr., has reviewed these claims, and by a report dated January 28,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State v. KettererOhio Supreme Court · 2006
- State v. CowansOhio Supreme Court · 1999
- Thomas McKee v. David Harris, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility, Stormville, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- State v. CowansOhio Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. CarrOhio Court of Appeals · 2016
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