GRANT v. WARDEN, MAINE STATE PRISON

No. 09-2362.

616 F.3d 72 (2010)

David N. GRANT, Petitioner, Appellant, v. WARDEN, MAINE STATE PRISON, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher K. MacLean, with whom Elliot & MacLean, LLP, was on brief, for appellant.

Donald W. Macomber, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Janet T. Mills, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner David N. Grant was convicted of the murder of his mother-in-law after a jury trial in the Maine Superior Court. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed his conviction, see State v. Grant, 939 A.2d 93 (Me.2008), and the federal district court denied his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Grant appeals from the denial of his petition, contending that the SJC's rejection of his claim...

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