Legal Opinion
Tevlin v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 8, 2010No. 09-1894PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
In 1997, Scott Tevlin (“Tevlin”) was convicted in a Massachusetts state court of murder in the first-degree (felony murder), armed robbery, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the felony murder and a concurrent term of nine to ten years for the assault and battery. His convictions were affirmed on direct appeal, and postconviction relief was also denied by the Massachusetts state courts. In 2006, Tevlin petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court…
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