Legal Opinion
DiBenedetto v. Hall
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 16, 2001No. 00-2279PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Frank DiBenedetto appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition challenging the constitutionality of his state conviction for a double homicide more than a decade ago. See Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto, 427 Mass. 414, 693 N.E.2d 1007 (1998). He is serving a life sentence.
DiBenedetto presents two claims, arguing that the determination of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on these issues is in error on de novo review and, additionally, that it was contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established Supreme Court rulings of…
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