Barnes v. Housewright

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Petitioner’s objection to the Report and Recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Phyllis Halsey Atkins. Petitioner’s pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleges that he was sentenced to prison for a term of thirty years without the benefit of representation by counsel at the sentencing hearing. He contends that he did not voluntarily and intelligently waive his right to counsel at the hearing. The questions he has raised are (1) whether the trial court erred in permitting…