Legal Opinion
Angel Tueros v. Charles Greiner, Sup't, Green Haven Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 12, 2003No. Docket 02-2119PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant Angel Tueros was convicted in state court of murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Tueros alleges that his attorney in the state-court criminal proceedings believed that she owed a duty of confidentiality to a witness who could have offered exculpatory testimony, but who ultimately invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege not to do so, and that this belief rendered Tueros’ attorney conflicted and thus prevented her from exercising sufficient zeal in her attempts to elicit the testimony. On appeal of the district court’s denial of his habeas…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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