Einaugler v. Supreme Court of New York

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Dr. Gerald Einaugler appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Korman, J.), entered March 8, 1996, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Einaugler had been convicted, after a jury trial in the New York State Supreme Court, of reckless endangerment in violation of N.Y. Penal Law § 120.20 and of willful patient neglect in violation of N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b. In his habeas petition challenging the conviction, Einaugler argued (1) that there was insufficient evidence at…