LYNN v. BLIDEN

No. 04-6280 PR.

443 F.3d 238 (2006)

Arnold LYNN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Dennis BLIDEN, First Deputy Supt., Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan M. Damplo, The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, Ardsley, N.Y., for Petitioner-Appellee.

Stanley R. Kaplan, Assistant District Attorney, Bronx County (Joseph N. Ferdenzi, Assistant District Attorney, on the brief; Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx County), Bronx, N.Y., for Respondent-Appellant.

Before: MINER, RAGGI, Circuit Judges, and KARAS, District Judge.


MINER, Circuit Judge.

The question presented here is whether the District Court improperly concluded under AEDPA review that the state court's application of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), was objectively unreasonable for having rejected a Sixth Amendment challenge based on various alleged failures of trial counsel.

Respondent-appellant First Deputy Superintendent Dennis...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases