Maurice Mayo v. Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent, Robert Abrams, Attorney General of the State of New York

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Respondent Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent of New York State’s Auburn Correctional Facility (the “State”) appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Lawrence M. McKenna, Judge, granting the petition of Maurice Mayo, a New York State prisoner, for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he was denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel when his state appellate attorney failed to raise an issue that the New York Court of Appeals, when the issue was raised on appeal by Mayo’s…