Legal Opinion
Leftwich v. Maloney
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 2, 2008No. 06-2583PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, a habeas petitioner challenges his state-court conviction and ongoing detention for the murder of a prelate. The appeal poses only a single question: Was the evidence sufficient, in terms of the Due Process Clause, to ground a conviction for first-degree murder either as a principal or as a joint venturer? The district court answered this question in the affirmative, and so do we.
Because this appeal involves a challenge to evidentiary sufficiency, we rehearse the facts in the light most compatible with the jury’s verdict, consistent with record…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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