Legal Opinion
Somerville v. Conway
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 13, 2003No. 1:02-cv-06679PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, JUDGMENT & ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner was convicted in New York State of burglary and assault-a conviction which he does not contest before this court. He instead indirectly challenges the legality of his sentence.
Petitioner was sentenced as a second violent felony offender to 18 years in prison with no possibility of parole. His status as a second violent felony offender was predicated on a previous conviction in Maryland for robbery with a deadly weapon. As a second violent felony offender, he was exposed to an enhanced sentence and, should he commit…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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