Legal Opinion
Junta v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 12, 2010No. 09-2333PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
In 2002, a Massachusetts Superior Court jury convicted Thomas Junta (“Junta”) of involuntary manslaughter on the theory of unlawful killing by the commission of a battery. See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 13. After unsuccessfully appealing his conviction, Junta petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for thé District of Massachusetts pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Junta now appeals from the denial of his federal petition for habeas corpus relief. The sole question before us is whether the Massachusetts Appeals Court’s rejection of…
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