Legal Opinion
Santiago v. O'BRIEN
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 22, 2010No. 09-1186PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Peter J. Santiago, Jr., appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. At his state trial for trafficking cocaine, he was prevented from introducing hearsay testimony arguably favorable to his defense — namely, a friend’s claim that the drugs at issue belonged to the friend and not Santiago. He now seeks a writ of habeas corpus premised solely on this alleged violation of his Sixth Amendment right to present a defense.
On November 28, 1997, state and local police officers executed a warrant to search Santiago’s one-bedroom apartment in Sunderland,…
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