Burnett v. Lockhart

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROY, District Judge.

The Court has received the Magistrate’s recommended disposition in this matter, as well as the respondent’s objection and petitioner’s reply.

The petitioner filed a pro se petition on June 29, 1987, raising four grounds for relief. Subsequently, with leave of Court, he filed an amended petition, asserting six additional grounds for relief.

The Magistrate found merit to petitioner’s contention that there is insufficient evidence to support the conviction on the charge of murder in the first degree, and therefore did not address the other points raised by…