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COMPANONIO v. O'BRIEN

No. 09-2428.

672 F.3d 101 (2012)

Alfredo COMPANONIO, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Steven O'BRIEN, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chauncey B. Wood , with whom Wood & Nathanson, LLP was on brief, for petitioner.

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

Before BOUDIN, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Alfredo Companioni appeals the district court's denial of his request for habeas corpus relief from a life sentence imposed after his 1987 Massachusetts conviction for first degree murder. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The crux of the petition is Companioni's claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in his murder trial because his attorney failed to pursue a defense based on his mental illness. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court...

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