Legal Opinion
Jose Flores Rodriguez v. Charles Scully, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 9, 1986No. 513, Docket 85-2241PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
Jose Flores Rodriguez appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 634 F.Supp. 20 (Keenan, J.) denying his section 2254 application for a writ of habeas corpus. Because the district court correctly decided the case on the merits, we affirm. However, for reasons hereafter discussed, we believe the district court should not have reached the merits.
On August 3,1981 appellant was convicted on six counts of first degree robbery in New York State Supreme Court. The conviction was based on proof that appellant and…
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