United States First Circuit

The district court properly denied the habeas corpus petition challenging petitioner's conviction for forcibly raping his nephew and his nephew's friend, where: 1) the state court reasonably concluded that admission of the evidence that one of the victims was accused of sexual assault would not have been reasonably likely had the evidence been offered; and 2) the state court reasonably concluded that the failure to proffer it in the face of opposition by the prosecution and a skeptical trial judge did not have a "substantial" likelihood of affecting the trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/18/2014
• Published 04/18/2014

Judges

• KAYATTA

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel