Legal Opinion
Pellington v. Greiner
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 10, 2004No. 03 Civ. 7220(VM)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
MARRERO, District Judge.
Petitioner Howard Pellington (“Pelling-ton”) was convicted of murder in the second degree after trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Bronx County (the “State Court”) in 1998, and is now serving an indeterminate term of imprisonment of between twenty years to life. During jury deliberations at the conclusion of the trial, the judge met privately with the jury forewoman, at the juror’s request, to discuss the behavior of another juror. A court reporter and the attorneys for both sides were present at the meeting, but Pellington was not.…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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