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PIKE v. GUARINO

Nos. 06-1019, 06-1020.

492 F.3d 61 (2007)

Julie A. PIKE, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Barbara R. GUARINO, Superintendent, MCI-Framingham, Respondent, Appellee. Julie A. Pike, Petitioner, Appellee, v. Barbara R. Guarino, Superintendent, MCI-Framingham, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 2, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine J. Hinton, with whom James L. Sultan and Rankin & Sultan were on brief, for petitioner.

David Lieber, Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, and Cathryn A. Neaves, Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, SELYA and TASHIMA, Senior Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

These are two appeals arising out of a federal habeas corpus petition brought by a state prisoner. In the principal appeal, the petitioner — who portrays herself as a victim of battered woman's syndrome — urges us to reverse the denial of habeas relief and hold that she lacked competency to stand trial in the state court or, alternatively, that she involuntarily waived her right to present a viable theory of defense. In the...

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