Legal Opinion
Brito v. Phillips
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 10, 2007No. 05 Civ. 8972(RJH)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HOLWELL, District Judge.
Petitioner Wande Brito brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state court conviction of depraved indifference murder in the second degree. In his petition, Brito argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.
On September 18, 2006, Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV issued a Report and Recommendation (the “Report”) recommending that Brito’s petition be denied. Brito filed his objections to the Report…
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