GILDAY v. CALLAHAN

No. 94-1619.

59 F.3d 257 (1995)

William Morrill GILDAY, Jr., Petitioner, Appellant, v. William F. CALLAHAN, Superintendent, MCI Norfolk, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Avery, Newton Center, MA, for appellant.

William J. Meade, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., Boston, MA, was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner William Gilday was convicted of first degree murder and two counts of armed robbery for his involvement 25 years ago in a notorious bank robbery in which Boston Police Officer Walter A. Schroeder was killed. This habeas case, originally filed in 1981, was reactivated after disposition of the last of his four unsuccessful motions for new trial in the Massachusetts courts. The district court denied the petition in a comprehensive...

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