GUZMAN v. SABOURIN

No. 00 Civ. 1358(RWS).

124 F.Supp.2d 828 (2000)

Elias GUZMAN, Petitioner, v. John SABOURIN, Superintendent, Respondent.

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

December 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elias Guzman, Malone, NY, pro se.

Honorable Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY (Melinda Chester-Spitzer, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for respondent.


OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Petitioner Elias Guzman ("Guzman"), a prisoner in state custody, brings this pro se habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b). He alleges that (1) his guilty plea was not voluntary, knowing or intelligent due to the fact that he was heavily medicated during the allocution; (2) his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in violation of the Sixth Amendment both by making a crucial legal error...

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