WISE v. SMITH

No. 1018, Docket 83-2108.

735 F.2d 735 (1984)

Clifford WISE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harold J. SMITH, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Nils Olsen, Jr., State University of N.Y. at Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, N.Y., for petitioner-appellant.

Wayne L. Benjamin, Albany, N.Y., Asst. Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y. (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., of State of N.Y., William J. Kogan, Asst. Sol. Gen., Albany, N.Y., of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, FRIENDLY and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Clifford Wise appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, 559 F.Supp. 44, Michael A. Telesca, J., denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Wise alleged in his petition that he was denied effective assistance of counsel and a fair trial in his state court conviction of second degree robbery. In this appeal, Wise argues...

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