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SINGLETARY v. FISCHER

No. 01-CV-8016.

365 F.Supp.2d 328 (2005)

Charles SINGLETARY, Petitioner, v. Brian FISCHER, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

April 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Gene Rhodes, Esq., Brooklyn, NY, for Petitioner.

Linda Susan Breen, Assistant District Attorney, Office of the Kings County District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY, for Respondent.

MEMORANDUM, ORDER and JUDGMENT

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

I. Introduction

This case raises a difficult issue on the adequacy of counsel at the state trial in failing properly to explore the falsity of an intellectually-impaired person's confession to killing his niece during a police interrogation using "trickery." For the reasons indicated below the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is granted.

II. Procedure

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