CEPEDA v. HENDERSON

No. 78 Civ. 2964.

493 F.Supp. 186 (1979)

Ramon CEPEDA, Petitioner, v. Robert J. HENDERSON, Superintendent of Auburn, Respondent.

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

February 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramon Cepeda, pro se.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., State of New York, New York City, for respondent, by Paul E. Milbauer, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.

David Frazier was shot to death on a street corner in the Bronx in May of 1974. Petitioner Ramon Cepeda was arrested about two months later and charged with that murder. He was tried before a jury in state court, found guilty, and sentenced to a term of twenty-five years to life. He now applies for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the validity of that conviction and sentence. He claims...

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