Legal Opinion
Norton v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 30, 2003No. 03-1571PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Roger Norton, petitioner-appellee, defends the district court’s order granting his writ of habeas corpus. After careful review, we affirm.
I. Background
Roger Norton (“Norton”), was accused of sexually assaulting Héctor Fuentes (“Fuentes”), an eleven year old child. Fuentes reported Norton’s alleged indecent assault to the state police after he discovered his cousin, Noel Rodriguez (“Noel”), crying inside Norton’s camper. Noel also told the police that he was indecently assaulted by Norton.
Following a pretrial hearing in Massachusetts Superior Court, the trial judge…
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