HOLLAND v. SCULLY

No. 1364, Docket 86-2100.

797 F.2d 57 (1986)

Claude HOLLAND, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles J. SCULLY, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility, and Robert Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New York, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Bassis, New York City (The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, New York City, Phylis Skloot Bamberger, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Ray Cerreta, Asst. Dist. Atty., Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John J. Santucci, Dist. Atty. Queens County, Kew Gardens, N.Y., of counsel), for respondents-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, OAKES and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Claude Holland appeals from an order and judgment of the Southern District, Charles E. Stewart, Jr., J. entered on February 11, 1986, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Holland is currently serving a term of twenty-five years to life for felony murder, having been convicted, along with two co-defendants, after a 1977 jury trial in the New York State Supreme Court, Queens County. In denying the writ, Judge Stewart adopted...

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