Huenefeld v. DOC Massachusetts

Kurt Huenefeld, a state prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, petitions for a certificate of appealability (COA) so that he may appeal the district court’s denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253. This application is the progeny of several earlier affirmations of the petitioner’s 1983 conviction following a jury trial in a Massachusetts state court on charges of second-degree murder, burglary, and armed assault. In the first instance, the Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the conviction and the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) denied further appellate…