Dumas v. Marchilli

OPINION AND ORDER

George A. O’Toole, Jr., United States District Judge

A Massachusetts Superior Court jury convicted the petitioner, Roy Dumas, of rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on a person fourteen or older, and four counts of rape. His convictions were affirmed by the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Commonwealth v. Dumas, 83 Mass. App.Ct. 536, 986 N.E.2d 878 (2013). The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied further appellate review, and the petitioner’s petition for a writ of certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court, The petitioner timely filed a petition for habeas relief…