Legal Opinion
Cortez v. Scully
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 13, 1989No. 89 Civ. 1451(RWS)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Petitioner Juan Cortez (“Cortez”) has petitioned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons below, the petition is denied.
The Facts and the Petition
On June 20, 1975, Cortez was convicted after a jury trial of Manslaughter in the First Degree and Assault in the First degree. On July 31, 1975, he was sentenced to a term of incarceration of from six and two-thirds to twenty years on the manslaughter count and to a concurrent term of from four to twelve years on the assault count. Cortez was released from prison on parole on August 25,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- People v. IannoneNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. CohenNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- United States of America Ex Rel. Albert Mintzer v. Edward Dros, as Warden of the Manhattan House of Detention for MenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- People v. Seymour, New York County Courts1961
3Cited by4 opinions
- Roberts v. ScullyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
- Velazquez v. PooleDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2007
- Otero v. StinsonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1999
- Camarano v. IrvinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1994