Legal Opinion
Foxworth v. St. Amand
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 2, 2010No. SJC-10542PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
In 1992, after trial in the Superior Court, Robert Foxworth was convicted of murder in the second degree; the Appeals Court affirmed the conviction in 1996. Commonwealth v. Foxworth, 41 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 (1996). Reviewing Fox-worth’s subsequent petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006), the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (First Circuit) 1 has certified the following question to this court, pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981):
“In considering the petitioner’s application, filed in 2000, for leave to obtain…
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