Legal Opinion
Rosenthal v. O'Brien
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 15, 2013No. 11-2210PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Richard Rosenthal appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. His habeas petition, challenging his Massachusetts murder conviction, claimed that the state courts violated his constitutional rights in denying his motion for a new trial. For the reasons given below, we affirm the district court’s order.
I. Factual Background
The district court issued a forty-page memorandum and order denying Rosen-thal’s habeas petition. Rosenthal v. O’Brien, 814 F.Supp.2d 39 (D.Mass.2011). This order ably recounts the history surrounding Rosenthal’s murder conviction. We summarize…
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