Legal Opinion
Rosenberg v. Henderson
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 3, 1990No. 89 CV 0839PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
Petitioner, proceeding pro se, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons discussed below, the petition is denied.
FACTS
On February 18, 1963 petitioner was convicted in New York Supreme Court, Kings County, for murder in the first degree. New York Penal Law § 1044(2) (McKinney 1944). Petitioner received a sentence of death, which was commuted to life imprisonment in October 1965 by executive order of the governor.
Petitioner filed numerous appeals in the New York and federal courts, including a petition for…
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