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ANDERSON v. BUTLER

No. 93-2000.

23 F.3d 593 (1994)

Bruce ANDERSON, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Norman J. BUTLER, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Hrones, with whom Hrones & Garrity, Boston, MA, was on brief, for appellant.

Nancy W. Geary, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., Boston, MA, was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, BOUDIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Bruce Anderson, convicted of first degree murder in the stabbing death of his estranged wife, exhausted state remedies and then applied to the federal court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Ultimately, we granted the writ in a 2-to-1 decision, see Anderson v. Butler, 858 F.2d 16 (1st Cir. 1988), and ordered a new trial, id. at 19. Petitioner...

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