Brown v. Greene, No. 07-5383

District court judgment denying petition for habeas corpus in a robbery case is affirmed where the state court's rejection of plaintiff's ineffective assistance of counsel argument was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.    

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Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Argued: March 25, 2009
Decided August 13, 2009

Judges
Before FEINBERG, STRAUB, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by FEINBERG, Circuit Judge.
Dissenting Opinion by STRAUB, Circuit Judge.

Counsel
For Petitioner: SUSAN EPSTEIN, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY.

For Respondent: ASHLYN DANNELLY, Assistant Attorney General, New York, NY.