PETROVICH v. LEONARDO

No. 00-2091.

229 F.3d 384 (2000)

Oliver PETROVICH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Arthur LEONARDO, Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, August Term, 2000.

Decided: October 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph Z. Volkell, North Bellmore, New York, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Denis Dillon, District Attorney, Nassau County, New York, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: CARDAMONE, McLAUGHLIN, and JACOBS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Oliver Petrovich was convicted in County Court of the State of New York, Nassau County, on two counts of murder in the second degree for the killing of his parents. He appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Seybert, J.) denying his motion for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

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