A defendant sentenced to 125 years to life after rejecting a 10-year-to-life plea deal has been granted a habeas corpus petition by a federal judge on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin found that the lawyer for the defendant, who was paralyzed during a 1991 shootout with police in the Bronx, failed to argue effectively that his client should take the 10-year plea offer. Judge Scheindlin granted a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to Carlos Carrion, saying that his attorney, Roy Kulcsar, should have made it clear that Mr. Carrion was risking a long prison sentence by going to trial.
August 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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A defendant sentenced to 125 years to life after rejecting a 10-year-to-life plea deal has been granted a habeas corpus petition by a federal judge on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel.
Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin found that the lawyer for the defendant, who was paralyzed during a 1991 shootout with police in the Bronx, failed to argue effectively that his client should take the 10-year plea offer.
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