WRIGHT v. MARSHALL

No. 09-2665.

656 F.3d 102 (2011)

Edward G. WRIGHT, Petitioner, Appellant, v. John J. MARSHALL, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Kamholtz , with whom Feinberg & Kamholtz was on brief, for appellant.

Annette C. Benedetto , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Martha Coakley , Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before HOWARD, SELYA, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

In the early morning hours of May 14, 1984, Penny Anderson was murdered at her Springfield, Massachusetts apartment. In 1985, a Superior Court jury convicted the petitioner, Edward Wright, of the crime. Although Wright admitted that he had spent time with Anderson the night before her death, he claimed to have left her apartment before she was killed.

After a lengthy foray through the Massachusetts state courts unsuccessfully challenging...

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