United States Second Circuit

Denial of habeas petition is affirmed over claims that petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of appellate counsel when, on direct appeal, his counsel failed to raise a suppression issue arising under the Fourth Amendment and the New York State Constitution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/30/2006
• Published 11/30/2006

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge., Before:  JACOBS, Chief Judge, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judge, and OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Georgia J. Hinde, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Loretta S. Courtney (Michael C. Green, District Attorney of Monroe County, on the brief), Assistant District Attorney of Monroe County, Rochester, NY, for Respondent-Appellee.