Legal Opinion
Companonio v. O'Brien
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 5, 2012No. 09-2428PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Alfredo Companioni appeals the district court’s denial of his request for habeas corpus relief from a life sentence imposed after his 1987 Massachusetts conviction for first degree murder. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The crux of the petition is Companioni’s claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in his murder trial because his attorney failed to pursue a defense based on his mental illness. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) rejected the ineffective assistance claim, finding both that Companioni had been competent to stand trial and assist in his…
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