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MELLO v. DIPAULO

No. 01-1971.

295 F.3d 137 (2002)

Louis E. MELLO, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Paul DIPAULO, Superintendent, et al. Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Sibbison, for appellant.

Dean A. Mazzone, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

A Massachusetts Superior Court jury convicted eighteen-year-old Louis Mello of first degree murder and other crimes in connection with a fire in an apartment building which he admits he started to settle a score with Leonard Starcher, who died in the blaze. Mello appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, continuing his challenge to his first degree murder conviction on the ground...

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