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YEBOAH-SEFAH v. FICCO

No. 07-2585.

556 F.3d 53 (2009)

Daniel YEBOAH-SEFAH, a/k/a Henry K. Boateng, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Edward FICCO, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chauncey B. Wood, with whom Wood & Nathanson, LLP, was on brief for appellant.

David T. Huang, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, with whom Martha Coakley, Attorney General, was on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA, Circuit Judges, and DOMÍNGUEZ, District Judge.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Daniel Yeboah-Sefah, a/k/a Henry K. Boateng,1 is a state prisoner convicted in Massachusetts of charges stemming from the murder of his five-week old son and the severe beating of his former girlfriend. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. His primary defense at trial was that he was not guilty by reason of insanity.

Petitioner's present appeal challenges the district court's denial of his...

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