Legal Opinion
Kirwan v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 28, 2011No. 09-2438PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
After a jury trial in the Massachusetts Superior Court, Scott D. Kirwan was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for killing Steven Meagher. Kirwan appealed, and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) affirmed his conviction. See Commonwealth v. Kirwan, 448 Mass. 304, 860 N.E.2d 931, 943 (2007).
Kirwan filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the federal district court, which the court denied, adopting without further explanation the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation. See Kirwan v. Spencer, No. 08-10651, slip op.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Jaynes v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2016
- Connolly v. RodenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014
- Lucien v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017
- Strickland v. GoguenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2021
- Akara v. RyanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2017
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