CRUZADO v. ALVES

No. 22-1027.

89 F.4th 64 (2023)

Mario CRUZADO, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Nelson ALVES, Superintendent, MCI Norfolk, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emma Quinn-Judge , with whom Thomas Miller and Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Eva M. Badway , Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, Criminal Bureau, with whom Andrea Joy Campbell , Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Tyler Mayo , Legal Intern, were on brief, for appellee.

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


Mario Cruzado ("Cruzado") appeals from the dismissal of his federal petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition challenges his Massachusetts-law conviction for first-degree murder. After explaining the basis for our jurisdiction over this appeal, we affirm.

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Cruzado's conviction...

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