Legal Opinion
Bui v. DiPaolo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 15, 1999No. 98-1312PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This habeas case presents both procedural and substantive quandaries. Procedurally, we must determine the effect of a district court’s grant of a certificate of appealability on some, but not all, of the issues that a habeas petitioner seeks to pursue. Substantively, we must determine whether the petitioner has shown legal cause for us to set aside his state court convictions.
I. BACKGROUND
In November 1989, police discovered the stabbed bodies of a mother and daughter, Ngoc Le and Dixie Poulin. Evidence at the crime scene (the victims’ apartment) suggested that Dixie also…
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