DONALD v. SPENCER

No. 10-1304.

656 F.3d 14 (2011)

Stanley DONALD, Petitioner, v. Luis S. SPENCER, Superintendent, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 26, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad P. Bennion , for petitioner.

Eva M. Badway , Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau, with whom Martha Coakley , Attorney General, was on brief, for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

In April 1999, a Massachusetts jury convicted Stanley Donald of rape, kidnaping, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and carjacking. After a series of unsuccessful attempts at post-trial relief in state court, Donald filed a petition for habeas corpus in federal district court in Massachusetts.1 His petition set forth two general categories of alleged constitutional infirmities in the state court proceedings...

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