DORISCA v. MARCHILLI

No. 18-1862.

941 F.3d 12 (2019)

Josener DORISCA, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Raymond MARCHILLI, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew S. Crouch , Boston, MA, for appellant.

Thomas E. Bocian , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Maura Healey , Attorney General of Massachusetts, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Thompson and Barron, Circuit Judges.


After a jury convicted Petitioner Josener Dorisca ("Dorisca") of second-degree murder, he was sentenced to life in prison with the opportunity of parole after fifteen years. When his state court appeals were denied, he turned to the federal court: seeking a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in the United States...

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