George Overton v. James Newton, Superintendent of the Watertown Correctional Facility

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.

Respondent-Appellant James Newton, Superintendent of the Watertown Correctional Facility, appeals from an order entered on June 13, 2001 in the United States District Court for- the Eastern District of New York (Block, J.) granting Petitioner-Appellee George Overton’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Overton v. Newton, 146 F.Supp.2d 267 (E.D.N.Y.2001). Following the affirmance of his state court conviction, People v. Overton, 238 A.D.2d 528, 657 N.Y.S.2d 192 (App. Div., 2d Dep’t 1997), leave to appeal denied, 90 N.Y.2d 908, 663 N.Y.S.2d 520, 686 N.E.2d 232…