Legal Opinion
McMahon v. Hodges
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 26, 2002No. 99 CIV. 10116(DC)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In 1995, petitioner William K. McMahon and Ronald Hall were arrested and indicted in Rockland County for kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, attempted rape, and assault. Their cases were severed. Hall was tried first and he was convicted by a jury on three of four counts.
The state court judge who presided over Hall’s trial was scheduled to try McMahon’s case as well. On the eve of trial, at a conference with the parties, the judge tried to negotiate a plea. The judge made several statements that led McMahon and his lawyer to conclude that the judge could not be…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- William K. McMahon v. Gary Hodges, Warden, Gowanda Correctional Facility, and the Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004