United States Second Circuit

Plaintiff-prisoner's successful petition for habeas relief is vacated and returned to the district court for an evidentiary hearing in light of new information that bears directly on the question of whether plaintiff received effective assistance of trial and appellate counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2004
• Published 08/02/2004

Judges

• Before:  MESKILL, SACK, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Monica R. Jacobson, P.C., New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellee., Michael E. Bongiorno, District Attorney, Rockland County (Ann C. Sullivan, Special Assistant, District Attorney, of counsel) New City, NY, for Respondent-Appellant.