Legal Opinion
Gunter v. Maloney
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 2, 2002No. 01-2353PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Paul Gunter, convicted in 1996 of felony murder and other charges in Massachusetts and sentenced to life imprisonment, was granted a writ of habeas corpus by the federal district court on August 23, 2001. We reverse, vacate the writ, and dismiss the petition.
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The facts underlying Gunter’s conviction are set out in detail in the opinion of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). Commonwealth v. Gunter, 427 Mass. 259, 692 N.E.2d 515, 518-19 (1998). The factual findings of the state court are presumed to be correct under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1). See Sanna v. Dipaolo,…
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