Stephens v. McIntosh

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------------x TAARIQ STEPHENS, Petitioner, NOT FOR PUBLICATION -against- MEMORANDUM & ORDER 22-cv-03313 (CBA) DONITA MCINTOSH, Respondent. ----------------------------------------------------------x AMON, United States District Judge: Taariq Stephens challenges his manslaughter conviction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF Docket Enty (“D.E.”) # 1.) He raises seven grounds for habeas relief: (1) the trial court failed to instruct on second-degree manslaughter as a lesser included offense of…