COLSON v. MITCHELL

No. CV 91-1808.

798 F.Supp. 966 (1992)

James COLSON, Petitioner, v. Robert MITCHELL, Superintendent, Eastern Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

July 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Colson, petitioner, pro se.

James Catterson, Suffolk County Dist. Atty. by John J. Ribeiro, Riverhead, N.Y., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEXLER, District Judge.

James Colson ("petitioner"), appearing pro se, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons set forth below, petitioner's application is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

On the night of January 21, 1986, a man (later identified as co-defendant, Frank [Fernando] Rivera ("Rivera")) approached a taxicab parked by an illuminated platform at the Wyandanch...

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