Lopez v. Medeiros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS GREGORIO LOPEZ, * * Petitioner, * * v. * Civil Action No. 17-cv-11147-ADB * SEAN MEDEIROS, * * Respondent. * * MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BURROUGHS, D.J. On June 1, 2011, Petitioner Gregorio Lopez (“Petitioner”) was sentenced to life in prison after a Suffolk Superior Court jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. [ECF No. 1]. Currently before the Court is Petitioner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. [Id.]. Petitioner challenges his conviction on two grounds,…