Legal Opinion
Mello v. DiPaolo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 10, 2002No. 01-1971PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
A Massachusetts Superior Court jury convicted eighteen-year-old Louis Mello of first degree murder and other crimes in connection with a fire in an apartment building which he admits he started to settle a score with Leonard Starcher, who died in the blaze. Mello appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, continuing his challenge to his first degree murder conviction on the ground that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance. Because the state court decision affirming his conviction was neither…
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