BADER v. WARDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON

No. 05-2587.

488 F.3d 483 (2007)

Seth BADER, Petitioner, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Michael Cormier for petitioner.

N. William Delker, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Justice Bureau, with whom Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General, was on brief for respondent.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, CYR and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

Vicki Bader — ex-wife of appellant Seth Bader — was murdered on August 24, 1996, seemingly in Stratham, New Hampshire, and her body was found in a grave in Waterboro, Maine, on April 10, 1997. Police were led to the body by 14-year-old Joseph Bader, who was Seth's adopted son and biological cousin. In December 1997, Joseph agreed with the state to enter a plea of "true" to a juvenile delinquency petition, confessing that he assisted...

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