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 …

U.S. v. Aguilar, No. 08-4640-cr (2nd Cir.) (585 F.3d 652) (November 5, 2009) (Judge Reena Raggi) by Defendant's drug-related murder conviction is affirmed where there was sufficient evidence demonstrating that defendant induced his drug associates to participate in the victim's murder through promises to forgive drug-related debts and to engage …

U.S. v. Santos, No. 06-0833-cr (2nd Cir.) (541 F.3d 63) (September 2, 2008) (Judge Robert D. Sack) by Conviction for murder while engaging in a drug offense is affirmed where: 1) because some drug conspiracies in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 are "punishable under" § 841(b)(1)(A), criminal liability under …

U.S. v. Glenn, No. 01-1602 (2nd Cir.) (312 F.3d 58) (November 14, 2002) (Judge Barrington D. Jr. Parker) by This is one of those cases that shows what can happen when a large group of defendants are tried together in a single trial - especially when the trial involves drugs …