Legal Opinion
Carrion v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 8, 2008No. Docket 08-1394-prPublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:
This case highlights a difficulty that our courts face in evaluating habeas corpus petitions filed well after the underlying conviction, when memories have faded and witnesses must struggle to reconstruct the relevant events. Over fifteen years ago, petitioner Carlos Carrion was convicted in the New York Supreme Court, New York County, of multiple offenses, including criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and attempted murder, and sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of 125 years to life. In 2003, Carrion filed a petition for habeas…
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