Clancy v. Commissioner of Correctional Services
Clancy v. Commissioner of Correctional Services
Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
IN CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court be and it hereby is AFFIRMED.
As to the first claim, we find no reason to believe that the prosecutor’s confusion over the two workers at the site both named William Carroll was the result of bad faith. Clancy’s conviction, therefore, can be reversed only if, but for the mistakes, he “would most likely not have been convicted.” United States v. Gallego, 191 F.3d 156, 162 (2d Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 530 U.S. 1216, 120 S.Ct. 2220, 147 L.Ed.2d 252 (2000). The prosecutor impeached Carroll’s testimony in a number of other ways, including his inability to describe any of the elevator passengers, his identification of the wrong elevator, his friendship with Clancy’s father, and his prior conviction for robbery. Moreover, the state presented powerful independent evidence of Clancy’s guilt. The misleading testimony elicited by the prosecutor could not have affected the verdict.
We find no merit to Clancy’s claim that the prosecutor withheld the Nastasi & White W 4 form. We agree with the district court’s conclusion that there was no evidence that the prosecutor was aware of the potential significance of the W-4 form or intentionally withheld it. See Clancy v. Comm’r of Corr. Servs., No. 94-1904, slip op. at 1 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 3, 2000) (adopting report and recommendation of magistrate judge concluding that no evidence showed prosecutor withheld W-4 form).
As to Clancy’s claim that the prosecutor doctored the payroll record exhibit, we find no basis for it. We reject this claim for substantially the reasons set forth in the district court’s first opinion on Clancy’s petition. See Clancy v. Comm’r of Corr. Servs., 956 F.Supp. 490, 501 (S.D.N.Y. 1997).
Finally, we dismiss Clancy’s remaining claims because they were not included within the certificate of appealability. See Green v. United States, 260 F.3d 78, 85 (2d Cir. 2001).
For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Thomas D. CLANCY v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, New York State
- Status
- Published