EVANS v. VERDINI

No. 05-2272.

466 F.3d 141 (2006)

JOHN EVANS, Petitioner, Appellant, v. PAUL VERDINI, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel Howard for petitioner.

Susanne G. Reardon, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for respondent.

Before Torruella, Lynch, and Lipez, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

John Evans was convicted in Massachusetts state court of the first-degree murder of Lyle Jackson and was sentenced to life in prison. His conviction was affirmed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). See Commonwealth v. Evans, 786 N.E.2d 375, 380 (Mass. 2003). His subsequent petition in federal district court for a writ of habeas corpus was denied. See Evans v....

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