FLORES v. DEMSKIE

Docket No. 98-2558

215 F.3d 293 (2000)

Rafael FLORES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph DEMSKIE, Superintendent of Woodbourne Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 15, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica S. Henry, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York, N.Y. (Richard M. Greenberg, of counsel), for Petitioner-Appellant.

John F. Carroll, Assistant District Attorney, Bronx, N.Y. (Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx County, Joseph N. Ferdenzi, Assistant District Attorney, of counsel), for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, JACOBS, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.


Judge VAN GRAAFEILAND dissents in a separate opinion.

STRAUB, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Rafael Flores, a New York State prisoner, appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Michael B. Mukasey, Judge), denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his petition, Flores argues that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel...

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