Legal Opinion
Abrante v. St. Amand
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 3, 2010No. 09-1020PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Tito Abrante seeks habeas review of his 2002 Massachusetts state convictions. The district court orally denied Abrante’s habeas petition but granted a certificate of appealability as to all issues. We affirm the district court’s denial of habeas relief.
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We relate the facts of the underlying crime as they were found by the Massachusetts Appeals Court (“MAC”), supplemented with other record facts that are consistent with the state court’s findings. See Lynch v. Ficco, 438 F.3d 35, 39 (1st Cir.2006). Under AEDPA, we must “ ‘accept the state court findings of fact…
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