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DeCIANTIS v. WALL

No. 12-2383.

722 F.3d 41 (2013)

Anthony DeCIANTIS, Petitioner, Appellant, v. A.T. WALL, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 1, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. McCormick , with whom McKenna & McCormick was on brief, for appellant.

Aaron L. Weisman , Assistant Attorney General, Rhode Island, with whom Peter F. Kilmartin , Attorney General, Rhode Island, was on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, THOMPSON and KAYATTA, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

In 1984, appellant Anthony DeCiantis was tried in Rhode Island state court for the killing of Dennis Roche, convicted of first-degree murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1998, he filed an application for postconviction relief in Rhode Island state court, seeking relief based on the prosecution's alleged failure to turn over exculpatory evidence during his trial. The Superior Court for Providence County denied DeCiantis's application...

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