Cesar A. Ramirez v. Attorney General of the State of New York Louis F. Mann, Superintendent of Shawangunk Correctional Facility

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Cesar A. Ramirez appeals from Judge McMahon’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his petition, Ramirez asserted four federal constitutional claims for relief: (i) ineffective assistance of trial counsel, (ii) erroneous evidentiary rulings amounting to a denial of confrontation rights and a fair trial, (iii) prosecutorial misconduct amounting to a denial of a fair trial, and (iv) a sentence violating the Eighth Amendment. Judge McMahon adopted the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Fox, which concluded that…