03 Civ. 7612, 2005 WL 859245 at *5-8 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 15, 2005) (Peck, M.J.); Boyd v. Smith, 03 Civ. 5401, 2004 WL 2915243 at *5-7 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 17, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Curry v. Burge, 03 Civ. 0901, 2004 WL 2601681 at *8 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 17, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Otero v. Eisenschmidt, 01 Civ. 2562, 2004 WL 2504382 at *16 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 8, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Kanani v.Phillips, 03 Civ. 2534, 2004 WL 2296128 at *10 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 13, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Medina v. McGinnis, 04 Civ. 2515, 2004 WL 2088578 at *7-9 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 20, 2004) (Peck, M.J.);Smalls v. McGinnis, 04 Civ. 0301, 2004 WL 1774578 at *11-13 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 10, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Gillespie v. Miller, 04 Civ. 0295, 2004 WL 1689735 at *6-8 (July 29, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Castro v. Fisher, 04 Civ. 0346, 2004 WL 1637920 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2004) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 2525876 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 8, 2004) (Cote, D.J.); Del Pilar v. Phillips, 03 Civ. 8636, 2004 WL 1627220 at *7-9 (S.D.N.Y. July 21, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Peakes v. Spitzer, 04 Civ. 1342, 2004 WL 1366056 at *8-10 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2004) (Peck, M.J.),report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 1656568 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2004) (Berman, D.J.); Brown v. Fischer, 03 Civ. 9818, 2004 WL 1171277 at *4-6 (S.D.N.Y. May 27, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Rodriguez v. Goord, 02 Civ. 6318, 2004 WL 540531 at *10-13 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Rodriguez v. Senkowski, 03 Civ. 3314, 2004 WL 503451 at *22-24 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 2004) (Peck, M.J.);Hernandez v. Filion, 03 Civ. 6989, 2004 WL 286107 at *8-10 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2004) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 555722 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2004) (Berman, D.J.); Gomez v. Duncan, 02 Civ. 0846, 2004 WL 119360 at *14-16 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 27, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Montalvo v. Annetts, 02 Civ. 1056, 2003 WL 22962504 at *12-14 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 17, 2003) (Peck, M.J.) (citing my earlier cases); Larrea v. Bennett, 01 Civ. 5813, 2002 WL 1173564 at *14 (S.D.N.Y. May 31, 2002) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2002 WL 1808211 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 6, 2002) (Scheindlin, D.J.), aff'd, No. 02-2540, 368 F.3d 179 (table)

r to that in this entire section of this Report Recommendation, see, e.g., Boyd v. Smith, 03 Civ. 5401, 2004 WL 2915243 at *5-7 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 17, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Curry v. Burge, 03 Civ. 0901, 2004 WL 2601681 at *8 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 17, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Otero v. Eisenschmidt, 01 Civ. 2562, 2004 WL 2504382 at *16 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 8, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Kanani v.Phillips, 03 Civ. 2534, 2004 WL 2296128 at *10 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 13, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Medina v. McGinnis, 04 Civ. 2515, 2004 WL 2088578 at *7-9 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 20, 2004) (Peck, M.J.);Smalls v. McGinnis, 04 Civ. 0301, 2004 WL 1774578 at *11-13 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 10, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Gillespie v. Miller, 04 Civ. 0295, 2004 WL 1689735 at *6-8 (July 29, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Castro v. Fisher, 04 Civ. 0346, 2004 WL 1637920 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2004) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 2525876 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 8, 2004) (Cote, D.J.); Del Pilar v. Phillips, 03 Civ. 8636, 2004 WL 1627220 at *7-9 (S.D.N.Y. July 21, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Peakes v. Spitzer, 04 Civ. 1342, 2004 WL 1366056 at *8-10 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2004) (Peck, M.J.),report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 1656568 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2004) (Berman, D.J.); Brown v. Fischer, 03 Civ. 9818, 2004 WL 1171277 at *4-6 (S.D.N.Y. May 27, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Rodriguez v. Goord, 02 Civ. 6318, 2004 WL 540531 at *10-13 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Rodriguez v. Senkowski, 03 Civ. 3314, 2004 WL 503451 at *22-24 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 2004) (Peck, M.J.);Hernandez v. Filion, 03 Civ. 6989, 2004 WL 286107 at *8-10 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2004) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 555722 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2004) (Berman, D.J.); Gomez v. Duncan, 02 Civ. 0846, 2004 WL 119360 at *14-16 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 27, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Montalvo v. Annetts, 02 Civ. 1056, 2003 WL 22962504 at *12-14 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 17, 2003) (Peck, M.J.) (citing my earlier cases); Larrea v. Bennett, 01 Civ. 5813, 2002 WL 1173564 at *14 (S.D.N.Y. May 31, 2002) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2002 WL 1808211 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 6, 2002) (Scheindlin, D.J.), aff'd, No. 02-2540, 368 F.3d 179 (table)

I. THE AEDPA REVIEW STANDARD For additional decisions by this Judge discussing the AEDPA review standard in language substantially similar to that in this entire section of this Opinion, see, e.g., Gillespie v.Miller, 04 Civ. 0295, 2004 WL 1689735 at *6-8 (July 29, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Castro v. Fisher, 04 Civ. 0346, 2004 WL 1637920 at *12-14 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Del Pilar v.Phillips, 03 Civ. 8636, 2004 WL 1627220 at *7-9 (S.D.N.Y. July 21, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Peakes v. Spitzer, 04 Civ. 1342, 2004 WL 1366056 at *8-10 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2004) (Peck, M.J.);Brown v. Fischer, 03 Civ. 9818, 2004 WL 1171277 at *4-6 (S.D.N.Y. May 27, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Rodriguez v. Goord, 02 Civ. 6318, 2004 WL 540531 at *10-13 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Rodriguez v. Senkowski, 03 Civ. 3314, 2004 WL 503451 at *22-24 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 2004) (Peck, M.J.);Hernandez v. Filion, 03 Civ. 6989, 2004 WL 286107 at *8-10 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2004) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 555722 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2004) (Berman, D.J.); Gomez v. Duncan, 02 Civ. 0846, 2004 WL 119360 at *14-16 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 27, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Montalvo v. Annetts, 02 Civ. 1056, 2003 WL 22962504 at *12-14 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 17, 2003) (Peck, M.J.) (citing my earlier cases); Larrea v. Bennett, 01 Civ. 5813, 2002 WL 1173564 at *14 (S.D.N.Y. May 31, 2002) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2002 WL 1808211 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 6, 2002) (Scheindlin, D.J.), aff'd, No. 02-2540, 368 F.3d 179 (table), 2004 WL 1094269 (2d Cir. May 18, 2004); Mendez v.Artuz, 98 Civ. 2652, 2000 WL

03 Civ. 7612, 2005 WL 859245 at *5-8 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 15, 2005) (Peck, M.J.); Boyd v. Smith, 03 Civ. 5401, 2004 WL 2915243 at *5-7 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 17, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Curry v. Burge, 03 Civ. 0901, 2004 WL 2601681 at *8 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 17, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Otero v.Eisenschmidt, 01 Civ. 2562, 2004 WL 2504382 at *16 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 8, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Kanani v. Phillips, 03 Civ. 2534, 2004 WL 2296128 at *10 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 13, 2004) (Peck, M.J.);Medina v. McGinnis, 04 Civ. 2515, 2004 WL 2088578 at *7-9 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 20, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Smalls v. McGinnis, 04 Civ. 0301, 2004 WL 1774578 at *11-13 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 10, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Gillespie v. Miller, 04 Civ. 0295, 2004 WL 1689735 at *6-8 (July 29, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Castro v.Fisher, 04 Civ. 0346, 2004 WL 1637920 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2004) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 2525876 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 8, 2004) (Cote, D.J.); Del Pilar v. Phillips, 03 Civ. 8636, 2004 WL 1627220 at *7-9 (S.D.N.Y. July 21, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Peakes v. Spitzer, 04 Civ. 1342, 2004 WL 1366056 at *8-10 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2004) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 1656568 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2004) (Berman, D.J.); Brown v. Fischer, 03 Civ. 9818, 2004 WL 1171277 at *4-6 (S.D.N.Y. May 27, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Rodriguez v.Goord, 02 Civ. 6318, 2004 WL 540531 at *10-13 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Rodriguez v. Senkowski, 03 Civ. 3314, 2004 WL 503451 at *22-24 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 2004) (Peck, M.J.);Hernandez v. Filion, 03 Civ. 6989, 2004 WL 286107 at *8-10 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2004) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 555722 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2004) (Berman, D.J.); Gomez v. Duncan, 02 Civ. 0846, 2004 WL 119360 at *14-16 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 27, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Montalvo v. Annetts, 02 Civ. 1056, 2003 WL 22962504 at *12-14 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 17, 2003) (Peck, M.J.) (citing my earlier cases); Larrea v. Bennett, 01 Civ. 5813, 2002 WL 1173564 at *14 (S.D.N.Y. May 31, 2002) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2002 WL 1808211 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 6, 2002) (Scheindlin, D.J.), aff'd, No. 02-2540, 368 F.3d 179 (table)

("Although the prosecution made two arguably improper comments during its closing arguments [that suggested burden should shift to defendant], the severity of such misconduct was limited as the Court took prompt curative measures to ensure the jury disregarded the comments."); Peakes v. Spitzer, 04 Civ. 1342, 2004 WL 1366056 at *18 n. 29 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2004) (Peck, M.J.) ("[I]mmediately following the prosecutor's summation, the judge's charge informed the jury that the 'burden [of proof] remains upon the prosecution throughout the trial and never shifts to the defendant' and that '[n]o defendant is required to prove his innocence.'"), report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 1656568 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2004) (Berman, D.J.); Lebron v. Girdich, 03 Civ. 2765, 2003 WL 22888809 at *3 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 5, 2003) (prosecutor's comments during summation regarding petitioner's decision not to testify did not shift the burden of proof to petitioner, and in any event, court's instruction to jury regarding the prosecutor's burden of proof addressed "any point on which [prosecutor's comments] might be found objectionable."); Pimentel v. Walsh, 02 Civ. 570, 2003 WL 22493451 at *7 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 4, 2003) ("the court's instructions to the jury were sufficient to address any potential confusion [regarding shifting of the burden] arising from the prosecutor's comments."),

Limiting instructions have been found to militate against a finding of constitutional error. See, e.g., Peakes v.Spitzer, 04 Civ. 1342, 2004 WL 1366056 at *18 n. 29 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2004) ("The jury is presumed to obey a court's curative instruction."); Green v. Herbert, 01 Civ. 11881, 2002 WL 1587133 at *16 (S.D.N.Y. July 18, 2002) (Peck, M.J.) (admission of prior crimes evidence did not deprive petitioner of a fair trial in light of, inter alia, judge's limiting instructions);Kanani v. Phillips, 2004 WL 2296128 at *19 (denying petitioner's habeas petition where "trial judge gave a very specific limiting charge to the jury to ensure that jurors considered information about the uncharged crimes only for appropriate purposes, and not on [petitioner's] guilt or innocence of the crimes charged in the indictment."); Cruz v.Greiner, 98 Civ. 7839, 1999 WL 1043961 at *31 n. 26 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 17, 1999) (Peck, M.J.) (rejecting petitioner's argument that "if you throw a skunk into the jury box, you can't instruct the jury not to smell it" and finding that the court's instruction to disregard inadmissible evidence rendered harmless any prosecutorial misconduct) ( cases cited th

Limiting instructions have been found to militate against a finding of constitutional error.See, e.g., Peakes v. Spitzer, 04 Civ. 1342, 2004 WL 1366056 at *18 n. 29 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2004) ("The jury is presumed to obey a court's curative instruction."); Green v.Herbert, 2002 WL 1587133 at *16 (admission of prior crimes evidence did not deprive petitioner of a fair trial in light of,inter alia, judge's limiting instructions); Cruz v.Greiner, 98 Civ. 7839, 1999 WL 1043961 at *31 n. 26 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 17, 1999) (Peck, M.J.) (rejecting petitioner's argument that "if you throw a skunk into the jury box, you can't instruct the jury not to smell it" and finding that the court's instruction to disregard inadmissible evidence rendered harmless any prosecutorial misconduct) ( cases cited therein).

For additional decisions by this Judge discussing the AEDPA review standard in language substantially similar to that in this entire section of this Report Recommendation, see Peakes v.Spitzer, 04 Civ. 1342, 2004 WL 1366056 at *8-10 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Brown v. Fischer, 03 Civ. 9818, 2004 WL 1171277 at *4-6 (S.D.N.Y. May 27, 2004) (Peck, M.J.);Rodriguez v. Goord, 02 Civ. 6318, 2004 WL 540531 at *10-13 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Rodriguez v.Senkowski, 03 Civ. 3314, 2004 WL 503451 at *22-24 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 2004) (Peck, M.J.); Hernandez v. Filion, 03 Civ. 6989, 2004 WL 286107 at *8-10 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2004) (Peck, M.J.), report rec. adopted, 2004 WL 555722 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2004) (Berman, D.J.); Gomez v. Duncan, 02 Civ. 0846, 2004 WL 119360 at *14-16 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 27, 2004) (Peck, M.J.);Montalvo v. Annetts, 02 Civ. 1056, 2003 WL 22962504 at *12-14 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 17, 2003) (Peck, M.J.); Maldonado v. Greiner, 01 Civ. 0799, 2003 WL 22435713 at *15-17 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 28, 2003) (Peck, M.J.); McPherson v. Greiner, 02 Civ. 2726, 2003 WL 22405449 at *12-14 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 22, 2003) (Peck, M.J.);Wilder v. Herbert, 03 Civ. 0397, 2003 WL 22219929 at *4-6 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 26, 2003) (Peck, M.J.); Besser v. Walsh, 02 C

For much the same reason, the challenged decision did not unreasonably apply "clearly established Federal law," since the Supreme Court has not spoken to the precise question and the Second Circuit has not suggested that other Supreme Court case law has, by implication, established a principle that denial of lesser-included-offense instructions in non-capital cases may violate due process. See Beck, 447 U.S. at 638 n. 14; Jones, 86 F. 3d at 48; Durden, 492 F. Supp. 2d at 423 (citing Williams v. Phillips, 433 F. Supp.2d 303, 315 (W.D.N.Y. 2006); Peakes v. Spitzer, 2004 WL 1366056, at *13 (S.D.N.Y. June 16, 2004); Pritchett v. Portuondo, 2003 WL 22472213, at *11 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 31, 2003)). A. The State Court's Determination was CorrectEven if we ignored the absence of any legal authority for the proposition that the erroneous denial of a lesser-included-offense charge constituted a denial of due process, the result would not change.

For district courts in this Circuit, then, the effect of Knapp andJones is to preclude habeas review of a state trial court's failure to instruct on lesser included offenses in noncapital cases. See Sullivan v. O'Keefe, No. 00-cv-2292, 2000 WL 1072304, at *5 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 2, 2000); Peakes v. Spitzer, No. 04-cv-1342, 2004 WL 1366056, at *12 (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 16, 2004) (collecting habeas cases showing the uniform rejection of lesser included offense claims by district courts in the Second Circuit). Accordingly, Battee's lesser included offense claim cannot be a basis for habeas relief, and is dismissed. C. Refusal to Permit Petitioner to Testify Further After Close of the Proof