MASON v. SCULLY

No. 963, Docket 93-2632.

16 F.3d 38 (1994)

Terrence E. MASON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Charles J. SCULLY, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Georgia J. Hinde, New York, New York (Vivian Shevitz, New York, New York, on the brief), for petitioner-appellee.

Linda Cantoni, Assistant District Attorney, Kew Gardens, New York (Richard A. Brown, District Attorney for Queens County, Steven J. Chananie, Robin A. Forshaw, Assistant District Attorneys, Kew Gardens, New York, on the brief), for respondent-appellant.

Before: OAKES, KEARSE, and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Respondent Charles J. Scully, Superintendent of New York State's Green Haven Correctional Facility (the "State") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Edward R. Korman, Judge, granting the petition of Terrence E. Mason, a New York State prisoner convicted of robbery, for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his trial counsel's performance was so inadequate as to violate...

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