United States First Circuit
Grant v. Warden, Maine State Prison, 09-2362
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from his murder conviction of his mother-in-law is affirmed where: 1) the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's (SJC) application of the general standard announced in Mosley to the particular facts of defendant's case falls within the broad limits of reasonableness; and 2) regardless of whether the SJC described its analysis as a "totality of the circumstances" test or a four-factor test, its conclusion was not an unreasonable application of Mosley.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/17/2010
- Published 08/17/2010
Judges
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Christopher K. MacLean, Donald W. Macomber