Hyman v. Brown

Judge Jacobs concurs in a separate opinion.

Reena Raggi, Circuit Judge:

Respondent William Brown appeals from a judgment entered on July 13, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Raymond J. Dearie, Judge ), which, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, grants petitioner Tullie Hyman relief from a New York State judgment convicting him of, among other crimes, the second-degree depraved indifference murder of Maria Medina, the innocent victim of a gunfight bullet gone astray. See Hyman v. Brown , 197 F. Supp. 3d 413 (E.D.N.Y. 2016). The district court concluded…