Legal Opinion
Zappulla v. New York
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 30, 2003No. 1:02-cv-04934PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, JUDGMENT & ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner was tried for strangling a woman and stuffing her corpse under the bed of a motel room. Evidence of petitioner’s guilt was overwhelming; it included his confession to the crime. The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court found that his confession was obtained without Miranda warnings and in violation of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Because this error was harmless, however, petitioner is not entitled to the writ.
The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied. No hearing on this…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Guy Zappulla v. People of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- State v. MattoxSupreme Court of Kansas · 2005
- Guy Zappulla v. People of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Guy Zappulla v. People of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004