Ferreira v. Alves

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS * ANTONIO M. FERREIRA, * * Petitioner, * * v. * Civil Action No. 22-cv-11352-ADB * NELSON B. ALVES, * * Respondent. * * * MEMORANDUM AND ORDER BURROUGHS, D.J. On March 30, 2012, Antonio M. Ferreira (“Ferreira” or “Petitioner”) was convicted of murder in the first degree following a jury trial in the Middlesex County Superior Court. See Commonwealth v. Ferreira,

119 N.E.3d 278, 286

(Mass. 2019). On August 23, 2022, after a series of unsuccessful postconviction appeals and motions, Ferreira filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with…