TORRES v. DENNEHY

No. 09-1522.

615 F.3d 1 (2010)

Alberto TORRES, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Kathleen DENNEHY, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Thompson with whom Thompson & Thompson, P.C. was on brief for petitioner, appellant.

Natalie S. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau, with whom Martha Coakley, Attorney General, was on brief for respondent, appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Alberto Torres was indicted for murder in Massachusetts Superior Court in May 1997 for causing the death of his girlfriend's fifteen-month-old child in October 1996 and for charges growing out of the alleged abuse of her two other children. An autopsy of the deceased child revealed a weeks-old broken leg; bruising over most of his body; and significant internal injuries, including a tear of the small intestine likely caused by a single blow...

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