Legal Opinion
Charles Hemstreet v. Charles Greiner, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 20, 2007No. Docket 02-2747-prPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
Following his murder conviction in New York state court, Petitioner Charles Hem-street sought a writ of habeas corpus principally on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel. He claimed that officers investigating the murder had intimidated a potentially exculpatory witness, causing her not to testify at trial, and that counsel had omitted to pursue this issue both at trial and on appeal. Based on these allegations, as well as trial counsel’s failure to supply an alternative explanation for not calling the potentially exculpatory witness, the United…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Angel Sellan v. Robert KuhlmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Maurice Mayo v. Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent, Robert Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
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