Legal Opinion
Sims v. Stinson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 30, 2000No. 97Civ.3388(KMW)(SEG)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge.
Pro se petitioner challenges his state court convictions for felony murder and robbery through this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition was referred to Magistrate Judge Grubin, who dealt with a number of preliminary matters; the Court hereby withdraws the reference. Petitioner alleges that his conviction was contrary to federal law on a number of grounds, most significantly that he was deprived of a fair trial by admission into evidence of a knife carried on his person, but never brandished or used,…
2Cases cited67 opinions
- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Rosario v. ErcoleDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
- Brumfield v. StinsonDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2003
- Sims v. StinsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- ALAZAJUAN M. GRAY and CLIFTON SMITH v. UNITED STATES.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2016
- ALAZAJUAN M. GRAY and CLIFTON SMITH v. UNITED STATES.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2016
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