ROSENTHAL v. O'BRIEN

No. 11-2210.

713 F.3d 676 (2013)

Richard ROSENTHAL, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Steve O'BRIEN, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Cunha, Jr. , for petitioner.

Annette C. Benedetto , Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau, with whom Martha Coakley , Attorney General of Massachusetts, was on brief, for respondent.

Before HOWARD, STAHL and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Richard Rosenthal appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. His habeas petition, challenging his Massachusetts murder conviction, claimed that the state courts violated his constitutional rights in denying his motion for a new trial. For the reasons given below, we affirm the district court's order.

I. Factual Background

The district court issued a forty-page memorandum and order denying Rosenthal's habeas petition...

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