BLISSETT v. LEFEVRE

No. 1259, Docket 89-2030.

924 F.2d 434 (1991)

Donovan J.R. BLISSETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Eugene S. LEFEVRE, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Simkin Smith, Millbrook, N.Y., for petitioner-appellant.

Allen M. Hecht, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bronx, N.Y. (Robert T. Johnson, Dist. Atty. and Billie Manning, Asst. Dist. Atty., of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before WINTER, MAHONEY and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Donovan J.R. Blissett, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Howard G. Munson, Chief Judge), dated December 27, 1988, adopting the recommendation of United States Magistrate Daniel Scanlon, Jr. and denying after reconsideration a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner, who was convicted of murder in the second degree, claims he was denied...

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