Barnhill v. Superintendent

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------x SEAN BARNHILL, Petitioner, MEMORANDUM & ORDER -against- 16 CV 3085 (RJD) SUPERINTENDENT, Respondent. -----------------------------------------------------x DEARIE, District Judge. Before the Court is petitioner Sean Barnhill’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He claims that his plea of guilty to first-degree manslaughter charges brought by a Superior Court Information rather than indictment “was unlawfully induced and not made voluntarily”…