Punch and Jurists

Parker v. Ercole, No. 10-2510-cv (2nd Cir.) (666 F.3d 830) (January 23, 2012) (Per Curiam) by On a petition for habeas corpus asserting that the petitioner's counsel was ineffective as a result of failing to preserve his claim that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of depraved-indifference murder, judgment …

Gutierrez v. Smith, No. 10-4478-pr (2nd Cir.) (702 F.3d 103) (December 11, 2012) (Judge Guido Calabresi) by In appeal from the denial of defendant's writ of habeas corpus following conviction for depraved indifference murder, the judgment is affirmed, where: 1) the defendant's claim was preserved for review and not procedurally …

Epps v. Poole, No. 10-2206-pr (2nd Cir.) (687 F.3d 46) (June 21, 2012) (Judge Jose A. Cabranes) by District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from his murder conviction is affirmed, as in concluding that the evidence at trial supported the conviction for depraved-indifference murder as a matter …

Rivera v. Cuomo, No. 10-224-pr (2nd Cir.) (649 F.3d 132) (August 9, 2011) (Judge Joseph M. McLaughlin) by In a petition for habeas relief from the conviction of petitioner for depraved indifference murder, New York Penal Law section 125.25(2), petition is granted where district court erred in holding that the …