Legal Opinion
Joseph A. Puleio v. George A. Vose, Jr., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 9, 1987No. 87-1135PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Joseph A. Puleio, was convicted of first degree murder in a Massachusetts state court in March 1981. The judgment was affirmed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). See Commonwealth v. Puleio, 394 Mass. 101, 474 N.E.2d 1078 (1985) (Puleio I). The appellant thereafter filed for habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging that his state conviction was thrice tainted by error of constitutional dimension: (1) the lack of a correct definition of “malice aforethought” in the jury instructions worked a…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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3Cited by139 opinions
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