Richard Love, Jr. v. Frank McCray Superintendent of Livingston Correctional Facility

We previously granted a certificate of appealability (“COA”) in this appeal by Richard Love, Jr., from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (McAvoy, J.) that denied § 2254 habeas relief. Our order appointed counsel to brief the question whether the prosecutor in the underlying criminal case violated Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), by withholding from the defense a composite sketch that reflected a description given by the victim but that (allegedly) does not resemble Love. Now, [i] appointed counsel has…