PINA v. HENDERSON

No. 81 Civ. 626.

586 F.Supp. 1452 (1984)

Ramon Ricardo PINA, Petitioner, v. Robert HENDERSON, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

May 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gersten, Savage & Kaplowitz by Richard B. Lind, New York City, for petitioner.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y. by Joyce Andren, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM and ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Chief Judge.

The problem posed by this habeas corpus petition is whether inefficiency of the state's police-prosecutorial forces in bringing to defense counsel's attention a codefendant's admission that he alone was responsible for the crime is excusable under the Constitution. Given the circumstances of this case it is not.

Petitioner seeks to vacate his New York State conviction on the grounds of ineffective assistance...

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