Legal Opinion
Lucien v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 15, 2017No. 15-2153PPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
In November 1995, a Massachusetts jury convicted James Lucien of first-degree murder, two counts of armed robbery, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. Lucien was sentenced to life in prison, whereupon he sought direct and collateral review in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC). When the majority of his state challenges were rebuffed, see Commonwealth v. Lucien (Lucien I), 440 Mass. 658, 801 N.E.2d 247, 251 (2004), Lucien petitioned the federal district court for the District of Massachusetts for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the…
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