United States Second Circuit

Denial of habeas petition is affirmed over claim that petitioner received ineffective assistance of counsel where his counsel failed adequately to investigate and pursue a defense of extreme emotional disturbance.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/10/2007
• Published 08/10/2007

Judges

• DENISE COTE, District Judge:, Before:  WALKER, HALL, Circuit Judges, and COTE, District Judge .

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrea G. Hirsch, New York, New York, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney for Kings County (Leonard Joblove, Joyce Slevin, and Thomas M. Ross, Assistant District Attorneys, of Counsel), Brooklyn, New York, for Respondent-Appellee.