United States Second Circuit

The grant of habeas corpus relief, on the ground that the defendant in a state court trial received ineffective assistance of counsel due to a conflict of interest, is reversed where the New York courts did not make "an unreasonable application of clearly established Federal law."

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/11/2005
• Published 03/11/2005

Judges

• JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before:  NEWMAN, SACK, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Karen W. Weiss, Asst. District Atty., Mineola, N.Y. (Denis Dillon, Nassau County District Atty., Peter A. Weinstein, Edward Miller, Asst. District Attys., Mineola, N.Y., on the brief), for Respondent-Appellant., William D. Wexler, North Babylon, N.Y., for Petitioner-Appellee.