BROWN v. O'BRIEN

No. 11-1037.

666 F.3d 818 (2012)

Eric BROWN, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Steven J. O'BRIEN, Superintendent of Old Colony Correctional Center, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine J. Hinton with whom Rankin & Sultan was on brief for appellant.

Jessica V. Barnett , Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau, Appeals Division, with whom Martha Coakley , Attorney General, was on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Eric Brown, now in state prison serving two life terms for first degree murder, was denied habeas corpus relief in the federal district court, Brown v. O'Brien, 755 F.Supp.2d 335 (D.Mass.2010), and now appeals. The factual background, recounted in detail in the state court decision upholding his convictions, Commonwealth v. Brown, 449 Mass. 747, 872 N...

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