United States First Circuit

Grant of habeas corpus relief after a murder conviction is reversed where the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court did not engage in objectively unreasonable analysis when it determined that the petitioner had not demonstrated Brady prejudice with his claim that prosecutors had suppressed exculpatory evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2006
• Published 06/27/2006

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, LYNCH and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maura D. McLaughlin, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellant., Gary D. Buseck and Mary L. Bonauto on brief for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Wendy Sibbison for appellee.