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LEECAN v. LOPES

No. 1376, Docket 89-2134.

893 F.2d 1434 (1990)

Christopher LEECAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Raymond LOPES, Commissioner of Correction, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Emanuel, Office of the Chief Public Defender, New Haven, Conn., for petitioner-appellant.

Judith Rossi, Asst. State's Atty., Office of the Chief State's Atty., Wallingford, Conn., for respondent-appellee.

Before WINTER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges, and RE, Chief Judge.

MAHONEY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Christopher Leecan appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Jose A. Cabranes, Judge. The writ sought to overturn Leecan's conviction for felony murder in the state courts of Connecticut.

Leecan was convicted after a jury trial of the felony murder of Raymond Lovell. The murder occurred on or about December 10,...

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