HARRIS v. SENKOWSKI

No. 96 CV 2231(FB)(RML).

298 F.Supp.2d 320 (2004)

Damecha HARRIS, Petitioner, v. Daniel SENKOWSKI, Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

As Amended January 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Tirschwell, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, New York City, for Petitioner.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, by Susan Odessky, Assistant Attorney General, New York City, for Respondent.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLOCK, District Judge.

The Court grants petitioner Damecha Harris' ("Harris") habeas corpus petition challenging, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, his state court robbery conviction, for which he is serving a term of fifteen years to life. Two aspects of this case are rather remarkable: one, the abject ineffectiveness of trial counsel for his failure to confront the victim—the sole witness who identified Harris...

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