LEFTWICH v. MALONEY

No. 06-2583.

532 F.3d 20 (2008)

Ronald LEFTWICH, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Michael T. MALONEY, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 2, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A.F. Lewis, for appellant.

Jessica V. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with whom Martha Coakley, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, O'CONNOR, Associate Justice (Ret.), and SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, a habeas petitioner challenges his state-court conviction and ongoing detention for the murder of a prelate. The appeal poses only a single question: Was the evidence sufficient, in terms of the Due Process Clause, to ground a conviction for first-degree murder either as a principal or as a joint venturer? The district court answered this question in the affirmative, and so do we.

Because this appeal involves a...

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