Legal Opinion
Mercado v. Stinson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 10, 1999No. 98 Civ. 0551(HB)AJPPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BAER, District Judge.
I referred this habeas corpus petition to Magistrate Judge Peck on February 17, 1998. On August 4, 1998, Magistrate Judge Peck issued a Report and Recommendation which recommended that petitioner’s request for habeas relief be denied on the grounds that while the trial court violated petitioner’s Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause Rights, the error was harmless and that the trial judge’s response to the jury’s question was not erroneous under New York law.
The Report and Recommendation advised the parties of their obligation to file timely objections under 28 U.S.C.…
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