LUCIEN v. SPENCER

No. 15-2153.

871 F.3d 117 (2017)

James LUCIEN, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Luis SPENCER, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Church , with whom Demissie & Church, Cambridge, MA, was on brief, for appellant.

Eva M. Badway , Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau, with whom Maura Healey , Attorney General of Massachusetts, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Torruella, Kayatta, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


In November 1995, a Massachusetts jury convicted James Lucien of first-degree murder, two counts of armed robbery, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. Lucien was sentenced to life in prison, whereupon he sought direct and collateral review in the Supreme Judicial Court...

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