Legal Opinion
Joseph Fama v. Commissioner of Correctional Services
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 21, 2000No. 2000PublishedCited by 391 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Joseph Fama, a New York State prisoner convicted of, among other things, murder in the second degree, New York Penal Law § 125.25[2], and riot in the first degree, New York Penal Law § 240.06, sought habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his habeas petition, Fama alleged, inter alia, that the State had produced insufficient evidence upon which a rational factfinder could conclude that he committed second-degree murder evincing depraved indifference to human life and that he was denied a fair trial due to publicity and juror intimidation. The…
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3Cited by391 opinions
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