Legal Opinion
Fortini v. Murphy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 27, 2001No. 00-2305PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal by Robert Fortini from a federal district court order dismissing Fortini’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Fortini is currently serving a life sentence, having been convicted in state court of second degree murder. Fortini’s claim depends critically on the facts of the case which we describe in some detail, identifying the few significant details that were disputed.
In 1992, Fortini lived in a second-floor apartment with his girlfriend, Jacie Hall, and her cousin, Tammy Peckham, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on June 22, Ceasar…
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