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WILLIAMS v. MATESANZ

No. 00-1204.

230 F.3d 421 (2000)

Reese WILLIAMS, Jr., A/K/A Omar Abdur Rahim, Petitioner, Appellant, v. James MATESANZ, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie J. Davis, with whom Davis, Robinson & White, LLP, was on brief, for appellant.

Elizabeth Klein Frumkin, Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Asserting that a state trial judge's jury instructions incorrectly described the prosecution's burden of proof, petitioner-appellant Reese Williams, Jr., sought habeas corpus relief in the federal district court. He now appeals the district court's order of dismissal.

Because the petitioner filed his habeas application on September 10, 1997, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat...

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