VARGAS v. HOKE

No. 86 Civ. 8349(PNL).

664 F.Supp. 808 (1987)

Domingo VARGAS, Petitioner, v. Robert HOKE, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.

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

July 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Domingo Vargas, pro se., Eastern N.Y. Correctional Facility.

Robert M. Morgenthau, Dist. Atty., N.Y. County, New York City, Marc Frazier Scholl, Asst. Dist. Atty., for respondents.


OPINION AND ORDER

LEVAL, District Judge.

The petitioner, Domingo Vargas, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, advancing three grounds for relief: First, that his guilt was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt because the People's primary witness had a motive to lie and made prior inconsistent statements. Second, that he was denied due process of law by the jury charge, the prosecutor's summation, and by the improper introduction...

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