Legal Opinion
Duncan v. Fischer
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 19, 2006No. CV-03-6218 (NG)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
GOLD, United States Magistrate Judge.
Introduction
On June 5, 1999, Julia Guy was strangled to death in her Brooklyn apartment. Her body was then wrapped in a black garbage bag, placed in a shopping cart and taken to a vacant lot, where it was dumped. Ms. Guy, who was known by the name “Terry,” was the common-law wife of petitioner Leon Duncan. On June 9, Duncan reported to the police that Ms. Guy was missing. Two days later, Duncan admitted in response to police questioning that he had killed Ms. Guy by choking her with his bare hands, but claimed that Guy had been…
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