BRITO v. PHILLIPS

No. 05 Civ. 8972(RJH).

485 F.Supp.2d 357 (2007)

Wande BRITO, Petitioner, v. William E. PHILLIPS, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, Respondent.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Zapp, Attorney at Law, New York City, for Petitioner.


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...

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