McCRORY v. HENDERSON

No. 89-CV-456C.

871 F.Supp. 597 (1995)

George McCRORY, Petitioner, v. Robert J. HENDERSON, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility; and Hon. Robert Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New York, Respondents.

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

January 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casey, Sanchez, Jones, Amigone & Kelleher (Thomas J. Casey, and Arthur G. Baumeister, of counsel), Buffalo, NY, for petitioner.

Kevin M. Dillon, Erie County Dist. Atty. (John J. DeFranks, and J. Michael Marion, of counsel), Buffalo, NY, for respondents.


BACKGROUND

CURTIN, District Judge.

Petitioner George McCrory seeks a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that his right to a jury of his peers was violated by the prosecution's discriminatory use of peremptory challenges. Petitioner, an African-American, was found guilty of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and Trespass in the Second Degree by an all-white jury on October 1, 1984. No stenographic...

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