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WILLIAMS v. LORD

No. 626, Docket 92-2429.

996 F.2d 1481 (1993)

Rhonda WILLIAMS, a/k/a Victoria Tribble, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Elaine LORD, Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary C. Rothwell, New York City (The Legal Aid Soc., New York City, Philip L. Weinstein, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Robin A. Forshaw, Asst. Dist. Atty., Kew Gardens, NY (Richard A. Brown, Dist. Atty. of Queens County, Barbara D. Underwood, Asst. Dist. Atty., Kew Gardens, NY, of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, CARDAMONE, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Rhonda Williams appeals from a judgment of the Eastern District of New York, Korman, J., dismissing her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court rejected her contention that her 1987 conviction in the Supreme Court of New York, Queens County, on charges of second degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, violated her constitutional right to present a defense because the trial court excluded evidence of the victim's...

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