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HOUSEN v. GELB

No. 13-1642.

744 F.3d 221 (2014)

Corinthian C. HOUSEN, Jr., Petitioner, Appellant, v. Bruce GELB, Superintendent, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart T. Graham, Jr. , with whom Graham & Graham was on brief, for appellant.

Todd M. Blume , Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau, with whom Martha Coakley , Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This habeas appeal, brought by a state prisoner against a Massachusetts correctional official for relief from a conviction and life sentence for first-degree murder, is governed by the provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In pertinent part, the AEDPA instructs that a writ of habeas corpus may issue upon a showing that the state court's decision "was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable...

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