WASHINGTON v. LeFEVRE

No. 85-CV-1940.

637 F.Supp. 1175 (1986)

Richard WASHINGTON, Petitioner, v. Eugene S. LeFEVRE, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility; Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney, Kings County; and Robert Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New York, Respondents.

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

July 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Washington, pro se.

Elizabeth Holtzman, Dist. Atty., Kings County, Brooklyn, for respondents (Brian D. Foley, Asst. Dist. Atty., of counsel).


DECISION AND ORDER

BRAMWELL, District Judge.

Petitioner Richard Washington requests habeas corpus relief pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, section 2254. Before the Court is petitioner's claim that he was denied due process when the state trial court allegedly refused to permit petitioner to introduce evidence of another individual's confession to the robbery for which petitioner was convicted.1 For the reasons that follow...

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