United States Second Circuit

Grant of habeas petition is reversed where the state court adjudication was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/09/2006
• Published 08/09/2006

Judges

• McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge., Before McLAUGHLIN and SACK, Circuit Judges, and KOELTL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Phyllis Mintz, Assistant District Attorney, for Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney Kings County, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, on the brief), for Respondent-Appellant., Richard E. Kwasnik, Law Office of Richard E. Kwasnik, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellee.