CLARK v. MORAN

No. 91-1128.

942 F.2d 24 (1991)

Sidney A. CLARK, Petitioner, Appellant, v. John MORAN, etc., Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew F. Medeiros with whom Flanders & Medeiros, Inc., Patricia A.S. Zesk and Edwards & Angell, Providence, R.I., were on brief for appellant.

Jeffrey J. Greer, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom James E. O'Neil, Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., was on brief for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and CAFFREY, Senior Judge.


BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Sidney Clark was convicted in 1976 by a jury in Rhode Island Superior Court of second-degree murder for the 1974 stabbing death of Claude Saunders. He is currently serving a life sentence at the Adult Correctional Institute ("ACI") in Rhode Island and, having exhausted his state remedies, has sought habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. His habeas petition was denied by the United States District Court for...

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