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WILLIAMS v. TRAVIS

Docket No. 97-2698.

143 F.3d 98 (1998)

Woodrow WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Brion TRAVIS, Chairman, New York State Division of Parole; Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of New York, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Ellen Little, Legal Aid Society, New York City (Daniel L. Greenberg, Richard Joselson, of counsel), for Petitioner-Appellant.

Nicole Beder, Asst. District Attorney, Queens County, NY (Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Queens County, NY; John M. Castellano and Robin A. Forshaw, Assistant District Attorneys, Queens County, NY, of counsel), for Respondents-Appellees.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, MESKILL, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Woodrow Williams appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Reena Raggi, Judge) denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Williams pled guilty to burglary in the second degree after being informed by Justice Herbert W. Posner, of the Supreme Court, Queens County, NY, that he faced up to 15 years in prison, and was subsequently sentenced to...

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