OLSZEWSKI v. SPENCER

No. 05-1833.

466 F.3d 47 (2006)

ANTHONY OLSZEWSKI, III, Petitioner, Appellant, v. LUIS SPENCER, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Nathanson for the appellant.

Cathryn A. Neaves, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for the appellee.

Before Torruella, Selya and Dyk, Circuit Judges.


DYK, Circuit Judge.

This is a habeas case. The petitioner, Anthony Olszewski III ("Olszewski"), was convicted of first-degree murder in the Massachusetts state courts. He claims that his due process rights were violated when the Commonwealth permitted the destruction of exculpatory evidence prior to trial and made improper statements in closing arguments at trial. Olszewski also seeks relief on the grounds that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that...

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