CHUM v. COYNE-FAGUE

No. 18-2028.

948 F.3d 438 (2020)

Yara CHUM, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Patricia Anne COYNE-FAGUE, Acting Director of the Adult Correctional Institutions, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camille A. McKenna , Assistant Public Defender, Appellate Division, Rhode Island Public Defender, for petitioner.

Lauren S. Zurier , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, for respondent.

Before Lynch, Lipez, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Yara Chum, who was convicted in Rhode Island state court on felony assault and firearms charges, claims that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel when his attorney did not move for a mistrial after the State failed to introduce evidence of Chum's confession described in the...

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