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Rosado v. Allen

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided March 30, 2007No. Civil Action 02-10359-DPWPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOODLOCK, District Judge.

Petitioner David W. Rosado seeks habe-as corpus relief from his Massachusetts state court conviction for first degree murder. He is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. His principal complaint is that his trial counsel did not engage a psychological expert to explore a lack of mental capacity defense.

The record in this case came to me in an awkward posture. The state trial judge, limited by the then-applicable restrictions on the availability of state resources to support post-conviction evidentiary development for indigent…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  4. Torres-Santiago v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2012
  5. Berroa Santana v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2013

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